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When you first start using Microsoft Outlook 2007, you will notice how it responds swiftly to even complex operations. However, as you keep using it, you will notice a gradual slowdown of the application. Some of it is quite natural but eventually you may find that Outlook is taking time to respond to even typical operations such as downloading email messages, accessing downloaded email messages, moving messages from one folder to another or deleting email messages. Eventually this may get to be a problem, as Outlook will take forever to respond to your requests. At some point, you may be concerned if the PST file used to store all the Outlook objects is damaged and if you need to carry out some sort of PST recovery to get Outlook performing again. However, the simple reason may be that the PST file you have been working with has become very large and Outlook is not able to handle the file very efficiently.

One way of knowing whether the degradation of Outlook performance is because of the size of the PST file is to note down when the slowdown typically occurs. If you notice the problem during mail delivery then it is more likely that the large size of the PST file is causing Outlook to respond slowly. Obviously, having to store items in a large file will cause the problems to become more pronounced. In fact, if the size of the PST file is not brought under control as soon as it starts showing these symptoms, it is possible that the file may become corrupted and inaccessible after some time. While you could use PST repair tools to carry out PST recovery, it is better to keep PST files at a manageable level to avoid any loss of data.

Another reason why Outlook users should keep their PST files at a reasonable level is because of the limit placed on the storage size of PST files. While some versions may allow storage up to 4 GB, in some the limit is only up to 2 GB. What is worse is that any increase beyond the allowed limit results automatically in a corruption of the PST file. The only solution is to trim the PST file below the allowed size limit so that it can be accessed and the size reduced even more. However, since you cannot control what data is to be trimmed, you may end up losing valuable PST data.

One of the simplest and undoubtedly, the most effective ways of dealing with PST files that have been corrupted in this manner is to use tools that specialize in PST recovery. Advanced Outlook Repair from DataNumen, for example, has been one of the leading PST recovery tools in the market and even offers a complete refund, if any other tool manages to recover more PST data than what they can. Using a sophisticated scan algorithm to identify and restore data, Advanced Outlook Repair can minimize loss of important Outlook data.