How to Solve OST Corruption Issues
Offline mode of MS-Outlook allows you to access mail-objects without Internet connectivity. Working in offline mode has its own conditions. You cannot send e-mails in offline mode. Once, Outlook gets synchronized with Exchange Server. All the data of Outlook automatically gets synchronized. At times, OST file cannot be synchronized with Exchange Server. This mainly happens because of the following factors. These factors include, unavailability of Exchange Server, deletion of mailbox, fatal virus attack, and application errors, corruption of Outlook OST file. But such situations can be overcome by using some precautions. Otherwise, a third party OST PST converter tools can be used. Through, this you can easily convert OST data that is inaccessible into a accessible PST file.
Below discussed error message appears when you try to synchronize data of OST file, but synchronization remains incomplete. And, you receive an error message that looks exactly same as given below:
“Errors in background synchronization. In most cases, more information is available in a synchronization log in the Deleted Items folder.”
When a synchronization log is opened, the following information is seen:
“15:19:28 Synchronizing Mailbox ”
15:19:28 Synchronizing Folder ‘Outlook Security Settings’
15:19:28 Error synchronizing folder
15:19:28 [8004060C-53F-0-550]
15:19:28 The OST has reached its maximum size. To reduce
the amount of data in this OST, start Outlook in offline mode, select some
items that you no longer need, permanently ( press SHIFT + DEL) delete
them, then re-sync this folder.
15:19:28 Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store
15:19:28 For more information on this failure, click the URL below:
15:19:28
http://www.microsoft.com/support/prodredirect/outlook2000_us.asp?err=8004060c-53f-0-550
15:19:28 Synchronizing Views
0c-53f-0-550
15:19:28 Done
15:19:29 Microsoft Exchange offline address book
15:19:29 Download successful”
Cause:
Such kind of problem occurs when the size of OST file crosses or reaches the set size limitation. Due to exceeding size limitation, OST file gets corrupt. Due to corruption of OST file, all the data becomes unapproachable.
Solution:
OST corruption can be avoided easily. For doing this, it is suggested to decrease the size of OST file. You can decrease the size of OST file, by following measures:
- Transfer data of the OST file to a Outlook PST file.
- Remove some data from the OST file.
After deleting or moving the data of OST file, try to compact the OST file. After the use of compact option, execute an OST Integrity check tool to scan and repair the OST file. After the execution of OST Integrity check tool, if you are still unable to synchronize data of OST file, then you need to perform OST to PST conversion with a help of a third party OST PST converter tools. But before using these tools, use all the inbuilt methods.
OST to PST Converter is a professional tool used to convert OST file data into a PST file. Unusable data of OST file becomes usable. The tool provides an option of restoring the data of OST file as PST file on any disk that can be detected with the help of a operating system. Advance scan is used, if by normal scan data of OST file cannot get recovered.