First part of article talks about the situation where user require to convert OST to PST format, while second part tells you various manual method using which user can convert OST to PST file. Last section says the best third party software for migration of data. “I had an OST file of old Outlook and was having some important data. I got in need to access that data and so I took the help of some third party tool that can help me to convert the OST file to PST format. Although, that software claimed to give me the accurate result and complete migration of data, but while working with the file I realized that some of data has been permanently deleted. Can anybody help me in getting my data back?”

If you have encounter with a similar situation then surely this page is going to help you a lot.

Many of us use to create OST to work in offline mode and save data. But, OST file is not accessible in Outlook directly. For accessing its data either the user need to network OST file with Exchange Server or convert OST file into PST format. But what if you do not have Exchange Server, in that situation the only option left with the user is to convert OST file to PST format. There are primarily two methods using which user can convert OST to PST. For Second method you may download tool from:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/1603422/MailsDaddy-OST-To-PST-Converter

How Many Types of OST files can be converted to PST by using these three Techniques?

The OST files also known as offline storage table or offline folders which are generally generated when a user connected to Exchange Server in Cached Exchange mode. But, here I am going to discuss a few other scenarios where Outlook create OST files to store mail account data apart from PST files.

When You Configure A Gmail Account with MS Outlook 2013 Using IMAP:

This is the first scenario where MS Outlook generate .ost file to store configured mail account data.

When you Configure A Hotmail Account with MS Outlook using POP3:

This is another scenario where MS Outlook creates .ost file by default in place of PST file.

So, In this article you will get a simple way for converting all types of OST files to PST format even if OST file is corrupted or damaged.

Manual Method of Converting OST to PST

1) Export Mail Data To PST Format by using Outlook Import Export Wizard

Outlook has a built-in feature “Export”. It is very effective and useful features to user who are in need of migrating data from one platform to another, but at the same time it is not considered as the best way to convert OST file data to PST. This feature will let you to convert OST file into PST format as well as CSV and Excel but will not assure complete and accurate migration if you are not technically strong.

2) Move Mailbox Items To New PST File by Using Drag and Drop Method:-

Using this features user can move mailbox item of an OST file to PST format. For doing that first you need to create a new PST file in your Outlook then drag mailbox folders of OST file that you want to import in PST file one be one. But, it need to be remember that default folders of OST file like Inbox, Contacts, and Calendar etc. cannot be transferred through this method.

Migrate Data from OST to PST Using Third Party Tool

However, these methods are considered as safe and effective way of converting OST file to PST format but before you start moving the data using manual method, always take the backup of your data first. Moreover, sometime even you would not be able to move entire data from format.

Therefore, the Best Microsoft OST to PST conversion way is taking the help of third party software. But, choosing the right tool is also a big challenge for users. There are various tools available in market that claims to convert OST data to PST format but in practical majority of them fails to give accurate result.

So, how to get the perfect third party software for migration of data? Well! To help you with that the best tool available these days for the performing the same task is OST to PST converter Pro also known as OST Recovery solution. This software has potential to solve all needs of users and it also gives the best quality result.