How to recover the outlook calendar from the PST file?

Microsoft Outlook calendar helps you keep records of your meetings, appointments, schedules, events, etc. It is like a digital scheduler that helps you maintain your records and alert you of them. Sometimes you may find that some record items are missing from the calendar folder due to accidental deletion or corruption in the PST files. In this blog, you will find manual and automated methods to recover lost and deleted calendar items and mail from corrupted PST files.

Methods to recover Outlook Calendar from PST file

• Manual Method
• Automated Method

Manual Method

Recover Calendar Items and Mails  from the Deleted Items folder

Usually, sometimes calendar items and emails are accidentally deleted by the user. These items and emails are stored in the ‘Deleted Items’ folder. You can easily restore the deleted items from the Deleted Items folder to their original location in just a few clicks. In a few steps, you can do this.

1. Open MS Outlook software in your system and navigate to the Deleted Items folder.
2. Double-click on the folder to display the deleted calendar items, emails, attachments, etc.
3. Select the deleted Items you want to recover and right-click on it.
4. Select Move > Other Folder
5. Select Inbox and Drafts to move the deleted items to them.
6. Click OK to make changes.

Recover Calendar Items and Mails using the Inbox Repair tool(ScanPST.exe)

Many times you can lose your calendar items and emails from the PST file because they get corrupted. You can recover corrupted PST files using the Outlook Inbox Repair tool ScanPST.exe. In few steps, you can recover corrupted PST files. 

1. Locate and run the ScanPST.exe program in the Outlook Installation folder.
2. In the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair tool window, Browse the PST file’s location from your system.
3. Click Start to scan the file.
4. After scanning is completed, click on the Repair button to repair the PST file. Ensure you have taken a backup of the PST file.
5. After the repair is completed, click the Ok button.
6. If the above process is not able to repair the PST file it will ask to recreate the PST file in Outlook.

Automated Method

In the automated method, we use the eSoftTools Outlook PST Recovery Software to recover the corrupted PST files. In this software, you can load single and multiple PST files at a single time. In the preview panel of this software, you can view the inner contents of the PST files and select the files and folders that you want to recover in the new PST file. In this software, you also get the feature of email filtering by which you can filter emails according to date. You can recover the PST files even without the installation of MS Outlook. This software can work in all Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP and older versions. In a few steps, you can recover the PST file.

1. Download and launch PST recovery software in your system.
2. Click on the PST button from the menu bar.
3. Now choose the PST conversion mode.

•              Single PST file conversion– You can load a single PST file in the software in this conversion mode.
•              Bulk PST file conversion– You can load multiple PST files in the software in this conversion mode.

4. Select the file and start the scanning process to load the PST file in the software.
5. Get the preview of files/folders of the PST file, select the files and folders that you want to convert and press the save PST button.
6. In the next step software provides multiple file-saving formats such as PST, MBOX, MSG, EML, EMLX, vCard, ICS and others. Choose the MBOX file option to convert the Outlook file into the Thunderbird option.
7. Select the location to save the Output file and press the Convert button to start the recovery process.

Conclusion

You may lose Calendar Items and Emails from the PST file due to accidental deletion and corruption of PST files. You can restore accidentally deleted calendar items and emails from the Deleted Items folder within the 14-day retention period because deleted files are kept in the Deleted Items folder for 14 days. You can use the eSoftTools Outlook PST Recovery software to recover the corrupted PST files.