pst Outlook Repair

I am looking to see if anyone can help repairing an outlook pst file.

The computer crashed and now outlook wont start.

I am running scanpst.exe but it seems to hang on stage 8. Could be it will take hours and hours but since it hasn't moved in an hour I am guessing its dead.

I know Stellar makes a good product but seriously I do not want to pay $150.00 for a tool that I have not needed in 15 years. I wish they offered a one time fee to repair the file and done.

Its my fault because I never back up the appdata because I didn't think anything important was in there.

sigh.

 

You may want to try the following (free): http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/repair-an-ost-or-pst-file-in-outlook-HA001056300.aspx
Looks like it is only for Microsoft Outlook® 2002 though. I'm not sure which version you have.

 

This applies to 2010 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/o...tlook-data-files-pst-and-ost-HA010354964.aspx
The program scanpst.exe is already a part of the Office 2010 install. You do not have to download anything.

 

I don't know why everybody is trying to tell the o/p to use scanpst, when s/he has a problem with running scanpst...?

Please tell us what Outlook version you are running.
Also tell us the size of your PST file, and is it a 97-2000 file type, or a 2003 type.
Have you applied all available updates for your Office installation?

 

I see; didn't notice that... (I noticed the other topic, also from 2011.)

 

I am not sure why this old topic was brought back and I hope someone wasn't implying I am a spammer since I have used this forum for a long time.

I was able to get the scanpst.exe to finally work. I turned off all my other processes and just let it run over night and it was fixed. God only knows how many hours it actually took to fix.