I couldn't open Personal folders on my MS Outlook. I suppose my .pst file is damaged or corrupted.

• Edited by GingerWellas Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:17 PM

#1 - To ask the most obvious question, have you confirmed that your PST file still exists?

#2 - If the PST file exists, have you at least attempted to run ScanPST on this PST file to determine if whatever issues exist can be corrected?

How to find and run the Inbox Repair tool in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272227/en-us

There are a lot of online resources discussing about how to recovering corrupt or damaged PST files.

First, the Microsoft offical tool scanpst, also called Inbox Repair Tool, can repair the PST file, you can refer the following articles:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/outlook-help/repair-outlook-data-files-pst-and-ost-HA010075831.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272227
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497

Second, a lot of Outlook MVPs also discussing this topic on their own websites:

http://www.msoutlook.info/question/77
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/pst-repair/repair-a-damaged-personal-folders-pst-file/

Third, there are many third-party Outlook recovery tools you can try, below is a list of them:

http://www.datanumen.com/outlook-repair/compare.htm

Nearly all these tools provide a free trial so you can try first to see if a tool works before purchase it.

Good luck!

• Proposed as answer by Balaji M KundalamMVP Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:29 AM

PST Viewer Tool is able to:

- Reading the corrupted PST file

- Identifying and recovering data from this PST file

- Saving the recovered data to one or several new PST files

- Support of all major formats of PST/OST files

Product's page: http://www.pst.viewertool.com/