In a collaborative messaging environment with Microsoft Exchange Server, for proper accessing of data, it is essential for both Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook to work appropriately. When you log into Microsoft Outlook account, after username and password verification, the OST (Offline Storage File) file is converted to PST (Personal Storage File) file and synchronized with Exchange Server mailbox. If due to any reason, the Exchange Server mailbox gets damaged or corrupted, you can not access your precious mails. In such cases, to access your critical data, you need to manually Convert OST to PST using third party tools.

OST file is the exact replica of Exchange Server user mailbox that is stored locally on the client hard drive. In case of any issue with Exchange Server database or user mailbox, you need to recreate the user profile on Exchange Server. But even after recreating the user mailbox, the OST file can not be used directly. It needs to be first converted into PST and then linked with the Exchange Server mailbox.

At this point, when you try to open the OST file, you might come across the below given error message:

“The file cannot be used because it was created for a different user.”

This error message occurs every time when you either open the file directly or try to open it with Exchange user profile. The file becomes completely unusable and your precious emails, notes, contacts, journal, tasks and personal folders become inaccessible.

In such circumstances, it becomes very essential to convert the unusable OST to PST to make it accessible. After the successful completion of conversion process, you can easily import the resulted PST file into Microsoft Outlook and can access all of its contents.

You can easily Convert OST File using comprehensive third party utilities, known as OST Repair Tool. These software use advanced mechanisms to effectively convert all of the objects of OST file. The converted PST file works as single user PST file and it can be used to configure user profile on Exchange Server.

These software come equipped with interactive and simple graphical user interface and thus allow you to easily Convert OST to PST. With read only and non destructive design, these software are completely safe to use and do not alter the original contents of the file.

Advanced OST to PST Converter is a robust and excellent tool to easily convert unusable OST file to PST. It can convert OST files created using Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, 98 and 97. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2003, XP, 2000, NT4 (SP6), ME and 98SE.