If you’ve been using Microsoft Outlook for a while, you probably know that it saves all Exchange mailbox data as an OST file, which is a local file in Outlook. Outlook saves all data in offline mode, and the data is sent to your server mailbox every time you connect to the Internet.

The OST file is stored on the user’s computer, making it immune to web crashes or viruses. If your data has been deleted from online servers, you can restore it from your offline OST files.

DOWNLOAD NOW ON FREE TRIAL

Note that OST and PST files are identical. The difference is that an OST file is used to configure an offline copy of Exchange Server. On the other hand, PST files are used to save data from Outlook to the system.

PST, also known as Personal Storage Table, stores all data including email messages, contacts, tasks and calendars. An offline storage table, or OST, stores Microsoft Exchange mailbox data on an offline disk, which can work even when Exchange or the Internet is unavailable.

Why Would You Need to Convert OST to PST?

• You do not have to worry about your data being mistakenly deleted along with the OST files as they are stored on your PC locally. To access your data, convert it from OST to PST and save it to Exchange servers.
• Server crashes: Due to server problems, sometimes you cannot log into Exchange servers. You can avoid this situation by switching from OST to PST.
• If your data is deleted by mistake, OST can recover it by converting the file to PST.
• Secondly, OST files cannot be accessed directly during server setup. To access the data, you must first convert it to PST and then export it to Microsoft Outlook.

Free methods to convert OST to PST file

There are several methods for converting OST data to PST data both online and offline. We will discuss everything in this article. So let’s get started.

Method 1: Export the mailbox to a PST file.

1. Login to your Outlook Exchange account.
2. Click Files Open Export, and then click Import Export.
3. Click Export Next.
4. Next, select Outlook Data File (.pst) Next.
5. Next, select the folder you want to export and click next.
6. Now select the location on your machine where you want to save the PST file.

Professional way to convert OST files to PST

Migrate Exchange OST to PST is a powerful TrustVare OST to PST Converter Software for Windows systems. Users and administrators can use the program to convert missing or orphaned Outlook OST files to PST. All emails, tasks, journals, items, notes, contacts, events, calendars, etc. are retrieved and restored from OST to Outlook importable PST files. This tool flawlessly recovers your corrupted OST files.

Here are the Steps to Installing the Software:

• Start the software successfully and use the Browse button to navigate to the OST file.
• View the OST mailbox data and select the folders/contents to rotate.
• Set the desired path to the output PST file.
• Hover your mouse pointer over the ‘Convert’ button and start transferring the data to the PST file.

Decision

While implementing the software, we had doubts about the integrity of the data after the conversion. The program exceeded our expectations. None of the files were lost. The good thing is that the file system was preserved after conversion. TrustVare OST to PST Converter worked as advertised. We can decide that this is a reliable tool for OST to PST conversion.