Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Resolving ‘.pst could not be found’ Error


Once in a while, the PST (Personal Storage Folder) file of MS Outlook gets damaged, or otherwise harmed on an apparently regular basis. The reason of such problems could be PST 2 GB size limitation, insufficient system resources, unexpected power outage, etc. As a result, you might start receiving errors while starting or working with MS Outlook. To be specific, consider the following error message: 

“The file drive:\path\file name.pst could not be found.”

Here, drive:\path\file name.pst refers to the complete path of corrupted PST file. This error occurs when you start MS Outlook and the default PST is corrupted. In order to Repair PST in such conditions, continue reading.

Note: If the PST has not been stored locally, the same error can occur because of unavailability of the server. Microsoft does not support Network storage of PST file.

Repairing PST

A corrupted/damaged PST can be fixed using built-in utility of MS Outlook called Inbox Repair Tool. To run this tool, you will need to access its executable file – Scanpst.exe. Unless you are aware of its exact location, you might need to follow the below steps to locate the file:
  1. Click Start
  2. Click Files or Folders after pointing to Search
  3. In the Search for files or folders named box, type ‘scanpst.exe’, and click Search Now
  4. The Scanpst.exe must be visible now. Double-click it to run the tool.
The above steps may vary on the basis of Windows version. Before you run the tool, it is advised to backup the file. You can also view the log file of the process that has the same name as of PST file, but with .log file name extension. 

More Information

Inbox Repair Tool has limited PST Repair capabilities and so, in some situations, it might fail. To overcome such issues, you need a more powerful, third-party utility to repair and recover PST. These tools can run comprehensive, yet safe, scanning algorithms to analyze and then repair the corrupted PST.

Applies to
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The necessity to Split PST

Microsoft Office Outlook is generally used in rapid communication environment. With each exchange of e-mails and other vital business information, your mailbox gets piled up. This is the reason why you see a dramatic change in Outlook PST (Personal Storage Folder) file size and hence, in Outlook performance. Moreover, large PST files can turn into a serious source of trouble if you use Outlook 2002 or an older version. Let me explain why.

MS Office Outlook 2002 and its older versions use ANSI (American National Standards Institute) format PST, which allows a threshold value of only 2 GB. Also, PST is a database. Therefore, when you delete any item (for say, an e-mail, note, contact or journal) from Outlook PST, it doesn’t bring any considerable effect in its file size. It only makes the occupied space available. The PST file can land up in corruption or might leave Outlook lethargic if in case the file size is about to reach the threshold value.

In order to work around the issue, if not totally eliminate, you need to manage your PST before it could cause troubles. For the purpose, you should act fast to split PST file by using a third party tool.

To know if you really need a split PST tool, check out your PST file size by performing few simple steps, underlined below:
  1. Select your mailbox displaying in the left panel of Outlook window
  2. Right-click the mailbox and click Properties
  3. Click the folder size button
If you find your PST bulky, download and start splitting your file.

A PST file splitter doesn’t hamper the overall productivity of Outlook. It splits wisely, while ensuring that even a single bit of data is preserved. Such tools provide multiple parameters to divide your file, for example, on the basis of date.

Each small chunk of PST is usable within Outlook and is independent of the original PST file. To experience the power of split PST tools, start downloading now.

Applies To:

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 98

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tips to resolve “object tables or DMS tablespaces are corrupt...” Error

A tablespace in DB2 database can become offline due to various reasons like low system memory (system ran out of space), tablespace corruption, hardware failure, application malfunction, improper system shutdown, and many more reasons. In case of tablespace going offline, a user encounters an error message while mounting the database, which results into inaccessibility of its records saved in tables. Such tablespace corruption scenarios can be handled easily if the user maintains a regular backup. However, if in the user has forgot to create a backup or the backup file is inaccessible, then the user can execute the Recover command to recover the table spaces. While Recover command is handy in recovering tablespaces and pages in them, there are times when the command fails to deliver the desired output. For such situations, a DB2 user needs to opt for effective DB2 database recovery software.


To illustrate the above scenario, here is an error message that appears after the corruption of DB2 tablespaces:

“ERROR: One or more object tables or DMS tablespaces are corrupt. Some tablespaces may not be usable.”

The above error message appears every time the user attempt to mount the database.


Cause:

As discussed in the error message, tables or tablespaces are corrupt.


Recover DB2 database:

To resolve the above error message and mount the DB2 database, the user needs to follow either of the below steps:

  • Use Recover command to ensure complete recovery of tablespace and table data.
  • Use an updated online backup to restore the data

In case both the above options fail to display the desired output, then the user needs to opt for a third-party DB2 database recovery tool that can repair the database.


Data Recovery Info:

A DB2 recovery utility is powerful utility to recover DB2 database after all logical corruption situations. These DB2 recovery applications are totally non-destructive as they do not make any change in original database. These database recovery tools can be installed on almost all Windows operating systems and are competent enough to recover almost all database objects like tables, buffer pools, containers, views, and schemas.


Applied For:

DB2 (UDB) v8

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Solving ‘PowerPoint cannot open the type of file’ Error


Encountering an error message while trying to open or access a PowerPoint presentation can be annoying. Since it needs a good deal of time and efforts to create an effective presentation, such errors usually demand an immediate PPT Recovery attention. If you are getting any of such error messages, this article might help. For example, you might receive an error message similar to below:

PowerPoint cannot open the type of file represented by filename.ppt."

Fixing the Issue
This error can appear out of several reasons. You can try the following solutions to fix the problem.
Cause 1: The file is password-protected and you are trying to open it in previous version of PowerPoint.
Solution: You can resave the file without password-protection or try to open the file using PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.

Cause 2: You are using PowerPoint 2003 and observing issues opening a file created in a previous version of PowerPoint.
Solution: To solve this issue, you need to install the Critical Update for PowerPoint 2003. For this, you can open ‘Help’ menu, click ‘Check for Updates’, and then install the relevant update.

Cause 3: The file is indeed corrupt
Solution: In order to extract data from a corrupted presentation, you can try these tricks:

  • Open a new blank presentation and try to insert the slides from the corrupt presentation to it. To do so, use ‘Slides from Files’ option of ‘Insert’ menu.
  • Open the corrupt presentation in other programs like, MS Word
  • Move the file to a different location. This trick usually works if you are trying to open the file from a removable media.
  • Start the PowerPoint or computer in safe mode and try to open the file. To start PowerPoint in safe mode, click ‘Start’, ‘Run’, and then type ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Powerpnt.exe" /safe’ in ‘Open’ box. (Check the correct path for your PowerPoint version).

More Information

If you don’t have any luck to open the corrupted presentation by using any of the aforementioned methods, use a third-party PPT Recovery Software. These tools can prevent your re-work and repair a corrupted PPT file within few minutes. A PPT Recovery tool scans a corrupted presentation using effective yet safe algorithms. In addition, these tools are highly effective in terms of interactivity with users.

Applies to
  • MS PowerPoint 2002
  • MS PowerPoint 2003