MS Exchange OST files are widely used data file format to save the clients data in MS Outlook in an MS exchange server environment. Every time a client open up its MS Outlook, the OST file get synchronized with the Exchange sever and send / receive all the emails. Other data like contacts, calendars, appointments etc. also remain saved within the OST file; which can be accessed time to time.
If; due to any reason, your Exchange server gets corrupt or dismounted, you won’t be able to access any data from your OST file. Every time you try to open your MS Outlook, it will throw an error message saying “OST file cannot be accessed”. Here; you either have to create new data file once the server starts running or you simply have to lose all your old data.
In this situation you need to import OST file data in MS Outlook and view them as normal. Since your server is failed it is nearly impossible to directly import OST file data in your MS Outlook 2016. For this the alternative is to convert the OST file into PST file format and then import the PST file within MS Outlook 2016. For this, firstly you need to convert an OST file into PST file format.
How to Convert OST to PST File Format for MS Outlook 2016?
A PST file is a personal storage table, compatible for all MS Outlook versions be it Outlook 2016 or below. Thus, you can convert OST file into PST format, you can easily import the PST file within any configured MS Outlook profile.
In order to save OST files into PST format you can simply use OST to PST converter; which allows you to export complete data from an OST file into PST format keeping the folder structure and other associated data intact. The tool is highly efficient program for saving multiple OST files in batch and create single PST file for them. Here is the list of all benefits you will get while using tool to convert OST to PST file format:
- Convert multiple OST files into PST file in batch
- Keeps the source folder structure of OST file intact
- Export complete data from OST file into PST format.
- Simple to use and has very easy user interface
- No MS Outlook installation need to save OST as PST
- Keeps meta data and attachments intact
Using the OST to PST converter you can easily export multiple OST file data into PST and further import them into MS Outlook 2016 without any data loss.