Outlok 2007 - scanpst.exe

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That being said ... I've helped a neighbor in the past use scanpst to fix her mailbox - no guarantees that you'll get everything back, you'll definitley lose some things - just depends on how bad the corruption to the mailbox was. More info on SCANPST is here :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010210641033.aspx
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/77

Hope that helps !

I just got a new error message that says to run the "inbox repair tool" which seems to be scanpst.exe. Am I safe to do so?

it shouldn't hurt to run it.