How to recover damaged PDF file?

[GeorgeHarris68]

There is a file created in one of Adobe programs. The file was damaged and in the native program doesn't open. Extension of the *.indd file.

In attempt to open writes: "file ... is damaged (Error code: 4)".

Thus without problems it is copied anywhere.

The file was lying quietly on the disk a few months after finishing work with him and manufacturing PDF. And here suddenly it was required to change a source code. And it doesn't open.

Whether it is possible to restore somehow, even if with loss of some part of data?

 

[coffee]

Fire up a linux box and try this:

http://superuser.com/questions/278562/how-can-i-fix-repair-a-corrupted-pdf-file

I have not done it because I have not run into any bad pdfs. You want to send me a copy of this file and I can try and then send it back.

Or you do it if its confidential stuff ....

 

[lcoughey]

A file's bits don't change while being stored on a drive. So, my guess is that there are bad sectors in the file and I suggest you start with getting a full sector-by-sector copy of the drive.

 

[phaZed]

*.indd is an Adobe InDesign file - Not a PDF... unless I'm missing something you need to be able to open and edit the indd file.. correct?

 

[mr m]

Check this site out. I've never used it so I can't say if it is effective or not but I just plugged it into Virustotal and it's clean.

http://www.pdf-online.com/osa/repair.aspx

 

[miloaccountant]

If it was good, it would not break. There is, of course, a virus probability and almost zero probability of an undetected error of reading from a disk. Try to remove/transfer the folder: \Documents and Settings\.......\Application Data\Adobe\InDesign YourVersionAdobe

Then try to open the file.
You can look still at this forum. Maybe you will find useful recommendations.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/F...-to-repair-a-pdf-document?forum=officegeneral

 

[OaksLabs]

There is a file created in one of Adobe programs. The file was damaged and in the native program doesn't open. Extension of the *.indd file.

If the PDF is damaged but the InDesign file is still OK, I'd suggest downloading the trial version of InDesign on another PC and using that to open the file and save it as a PDF. [This is done in InDesign by hitting CTRL+E, not from the "Save As" function.]