For Which Purpose PST Files are Used?

PST files are repository for data storage, and used to keep messages, mails, attachments, to-dos, tasks, and many more database items in distinct folders or mailboxes. PST file can be created on your computer system and you can easily store it on your system’s hard disk or on a file Server, which can easily be accessed by you. These PST files can easily be moved, copied to other location. Long time usage of Outlook profile creates huge collection of PST files and if you need to retrieve any crucial information from the bunch of Personal Storage files, you cannot extract information instantly. So consolidate PST files with some outside PST consolidation apparatus.

How to Merge Two PST Files?

Steps to Merge Two PST Files:

1. Create backup copies of both PST files.
2. Rename the restored mailbox with some other name like Mailbox2.pst.
3. Copy Mailbox2.pst to the working directory.
4. Add this Mailbox2.pst to the active profile of Outlook.
5. Go to the tools menu>>Options>>Services>> Available Information Services>> click Mailbox2.pst>>Click to OK>>Keep clicking till open dialog boxes are closed.

How to Move Information from the Old PST to the Current PST?

1. Select all Inbox messages of old file mailboxes by pressing CTRL-A.
2. Drag and drop these messages from old PST to the destination PST file.
3. Check whether the copied mailboxes in new PST file is opening or not.
4. Repeat the steps for Sent mails and Draft items also.

Merge Folders that are Left during Consolidating Two PST Files

If some of your PST folders are left to be copied from old PST to new PST then, you can simply shift the particular folder to the destination PST file by following given steps:

1. Select the subfolder which is not visible in destination file
2. Right click on that for selecting
3. Drag the subfolder and drop it into the top of destination file’s  personal folder
4. Repeat the steps to consolidate other subfolders.

It is really worst to do so; will you prefer this method when you have to merge numerous PST files? One can perform this operation if he/she has to merge only two PSTs. But for consolidating numerous PST files, selection and use of some quick-performer outside application is appropriate. Like PST Merge tool which is dedicated to consolidate multiple PST files effortlessly and completely. You can quickly consolidate PST files created on different Outlook editions.