How to Fix CRC Error in MS Outlook?

What is CRC error?

Generally, CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error occurs when your PST File is corrupted or maybe the hard disk having some issues where your PST file is currently stored. This error manifests, when you try to copy the original PST file to another location.

Causes

Generally, this issue may occur if your Outlook PST File is corrupted.

Hard Disk error.

Error Display

"File path\filename.pst could not be accessed. Data error. Cyclic redundancy check."

"Data error (cyclic redundancy check)".

Fix the Error in Hard Disk

Steps:Go to start and type run on search bar or you can press “Window icon + R” button.Type cmd click “OK”.

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A Window will appear, Type "chkdsk drivename<space>:/f" and Press enter.

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Note: Sometimes, when you type the above mentioned command and press enter, an error prompt may appear on screen "Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges. You have to invoke the utility running in an elevated mode".

This error occurs because “cmd.exe” is being not running by system administrator’s privilege. Therefore, always make sure that you are logged on the machine with your admin account.

To do this : Same as you did before, type run on search bar, Right click on CMD icon and Run as administrator.

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A Window will appear, Type "chkdsk drivename<space>:/f" and Press enter.

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You can see type of file system NTFS OR FAT.  Also, another message  will appear- “chkdsk cannot  run because the volume is in use  by another process". Would  you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?

Press "Y" if you want to execute the process and N if you don't.

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Hopefully, next time when you restart your computer, the machine will automatically check the hard disk and fix bugs having in it. If the problem still remains, then you need to run any third party utility tool to repair the damaged Hard Drive.

You can download such kind of hard drive repair software from any shareware platforms or find out on Google.

Repair PST File

If there is no issue in hard drive, then PST File might be corrupted. So you need to repair Corrupted PST File by performing SCANPST.EXE(Inbox Repair Tool).

If PST File is highly corrupted, then you need to move on any third party utility. Because SCANPST.EXE fails to repair highly corrupted PST File.

You can use Outlook recovery Software to repair highly corrupted or damaged PST File.

To know more about CRC Error

http://www.outlook-recovery.msoutlooktools.com/problems/outlook-crc-error.html