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Recovering corrupt .pdf files
Category: Computers Asked by: bmarkssvbank-ga List Price: $50.00 |
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18 Jan 2005 13:34 PST
Expires: 17 Feb 2005 13:34 PST Question ID: 459446 |
I am trying to open a .pdf file and I am getting the message "Adobe Reader could not open <filename> because it is either not a supported file or because the file has been corrupted (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't properly decoded)." This is a file I had burned to a DVD and then copied to my desktop. I am using Adobe Reader 6.0. I would like to know if there is a .pdf file recovery software that I can use to recover this data. Thanks! | |
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Re: Recovering corrupt .pdf files
From: pinkfreud-ga on 18 Jan 2005 15:12 PST |
You might want to try "Solid Converter," which can reconstruct some .pdf files: http://www.solidpdf.com/pdf_documentation.htm#recovery |
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Re: Recovering corrupt .pdf files
From: boxclever-ga on 18 Jan 2005 22:56 PST |
I note that you are using Adobe Reader 6.0 so I assume you do not have the full Adobe Acrobat programme (either standard or professional versions)installed. If you are running Windows XP or Mac OS 10.3 you migt want to download Adobe Reader 7.0 which is now available. If the PDF file was supplied to you by mail does that mean it was created by someonoe else? That person may have created it using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and the author has enabled the "additional modifying tools". This is a new function available in Adobe Acrobat 7 so that anyone using the free Adobe Reader 7.0 can make small text amendments or add annotations to the PDF. The message given is that "because it is either not a supported file or because the file has been corrupted". It could be a non supported file because of these advanced options or it could be damaged. The full Acrobat programme will try and fix damaged files when opening them: if it can it will, if it can't then it's best to ask the author to resupply it. |
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Re: Recovering corrupt .pdf files
From: boxclever-ga on 18 Jan 2005 22:58 PST |
I note that you are using Adobe Reader 6.0 so can I assume you do not have the full Adobe Acrobat programme (either the standard or the professional version) installed. If you are running Windows XP or Mac OS 10.3 you migt want to download Adobe Reader 7.0 which is now available. When Adobe launched Adobe Acrobat 7.0 in December last year they added new functions that allow creation of a PDF in the full version incorporating advanced modifying options that "become available" for anyone using the free Adobe Reader 7.0. This means that I when I create a PDF file that I only want you to read, I do not add these options to my PDF. You receive the file, you open it with Reader and the standard tools menu is available. If I want you to modify or supply annotations to the PDF file, I activate these advanced options and when opened in Reader you have not just the standard tools menu but also the advanced modifying tools menu available. If the PDF file was supplied to you by mail does that mean it was created by someonoe else? Is this person within your organisation or is he a client? Is it possible to have the PDF re-supplied? The author may have created the PDF using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and has enabled these advanced modifying options. The message given is that "because it is either not a supported file or because the file has been corrupted". It could be a non supported file because of these advanced options or it could be damaged. The full Acrobat programme will try and fix damaged files when opening them: if it can it will, if it can't then it's best to ask the author to resupply it. |
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Re: Recovering corrupt .pdf files
From: topfire3-ga on 24 Jan 2005 12:43 PST |
Try to use one conversion software, Example: PDF to WORD http://www.investintech.com/ Or: Easy PDF2Word Converter v2.0.3 http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/File_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utilities/Advanced_PDF2Word__PDF_to_RTF_.html Even you could try to extract the text from a PDF: http://www.zdnet.fr/telecharger/windows/fiche/0,39021313,11010371s,00.htm http://www.retsinasoftware.com/extract-convert-pdf-to-text.htm Or maybe you can use an alternative PDF reader: http://www.visagesoft.com/products/pdfreader/index.php |
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Re: Recovering corrupt .pdf files
From: toughcustomer-ga on 08 Feb 2005 09:08 PST |
I recently had exactly your problem... with a PDF file I knew I hadn't corrupted which I remember having read a few years ago. I realised that when I was able to read the PDF document in question I was using an earlier version of AcroRead (probably version 3,4 or 5) whereas now I only have version 6 at my disposal. I hunted around for a PDF recovery tool and only found this [ http://www.pdf-tools.com/shop/products.asp?pcid=REPS&lang=en ] With no demonstration I was extremely reluctant to buy this product on the off chance it would solve my problem. I took an alternative tack - I used a different viewer - XPDF (a standard PDF viewer for Linux and friends) and this tool was able to read the PDF without problems. Spurred on by this success I used pdf2ps to convert the PDF file from PDF format to postscript - then I used ps2pdf to convert the postscript back into pdf. This seemingly pointless exercise increased the size of the PDF threefold - but, importantly, the output from ps2pdf rendered fine in Acroread 6 - and this solved my problem. I can't be sure that the pdf2ps then ps2pdf trick will work for you but I can vouch for my luck with the technique. The programs I used (i.e. XPDF; pdf2ps and ps2pdf) are available as standard with most linux distributions if you have a Linux machine handy. Alternatively the Cygwin project includes all these tools and runs them in a POSIX compatibility layer on top of Windows. The whole Cygwin toolkit is available from http://www.cygwin.com/ - run the installer and then select the packages you require. Be warned that XPDF requires Xwindows functionality and while available under Cygwin (you need to execute startx in order to initialise Xwindows from the Cygwin shell window once it is installed) this is a laborious install - especially over a slow internet connection. |
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