Convert EDB to PST in Exchange Server 2007

The file with an extension .edb is actually the database file created by the Microsoft Exchange Server. Sometimes, in fact quite often, these files are also known as the backup files for the database because they contain the emails and important contacts. The information is either stored in the tabular form or in the format of mailboxes. A PST which is the acronym for the personal storage files resemble very closely to an EDB file, but is generally used by the mail client in MS Outlook. If the EDB file gets corrupted, then you have many options available with you which can help you to Convert EDB to PST file. 

The procedure which is involved in the conversion of EDB to PST largely depends on the version of Exchange Server you are using for it. There can be more than enough situations where you might require carrying out this conversion. Like you are working as the Server Administrator for a corporate group and one of your important clients has lost the file accidentally. Now if you are aware about the conversion, then you can help him to recover his lost file, otherwise it is very much possible that you will loose the client. Moreover, the running of this scanning process is not very difficult, you just need to download the software install it in your system and then you can run the scanning process.

If you don’t know how to run the scanning process then you can take the help of professional or you can get the information from the same website from which you have downloaded the file. If still you don’t know about the scanning prose, then you can follow these tips:

• Go to the shell of Exchange Management. First go to the start menu and choose the Programs, then Exchange Server and then you will be guided to the Management shell. A screen very similar to the Windows Command Prompt will be displayed in front of you.
• In the shell type the path where your file has been saved and where you want it to retrieve.
• As soon as you will press enter, you will be started with the scanning process. You need to be patient enough to let the scanning process complete, because it takes some time for the process to get completed.

Once, you see that the process has been completed you can simply open the file and give the access of that file to your respective client. If this option does not prove to be very effective for you, then you can use the third party tools.