File Repair tools

Two days back, I have received an email with PDF file attachment. When I tried to open PDF file, it shows an error message which says:  "format error: not a PDF or corrupted" I was surprised to see such error message and thought hope it was not a virus file as attached PDF. Immediately I have called to my friend who is expert in handling PDF file error matters. My friend suggested me it may not be virus file. It could be possible that PDF file got corrupted so he suggested me to open PDF file in foxit PDF reader which is an alternative of adobe reader then I install the foxit pdf reader, & try to open "corrupt" pdf files.  When I tried to open it in foxit reader, again it shows same error message.  There is a chance that the problem was caused by the latest update of Foxit Reader then I  uninstalled Foxit Reader and then reinstalled but the error still remain same. As the error message indicates that the PDF file get corrupted th...

Like all other documents, PDF files may also get corrupt. There are several causes of PDF file corruption. When pdf file get damaged, it will generate several type of error messages. All error messages depend on causes of corruption. In the pdf file corruption situation you c annot open pdf documents or if it open then garbage data displayed. In this following post I will discuss about causes which leads to PDF file corruption and its solution. Causes of PDF File Corruption: There could be much reason due to which PDF files may get corrupt. Some of most common causes are listed below. Improper Download Process: Most of PDF files are get corrupt due to incorrect downloading process. If Internet connection is disconnected while downloading PDF file then it has huge possibility that file get corrupt. Incorrect Creation process: There are several PDF creation programs are available some uses simple algo other uses very complicated process to create PDF fil...

PDF or Portable Document Format is most popular and trusted file format used to share information without the fear of hampering the original content included in the PDF file. To read a PDF document the user needs to install Adobe reader (Adobe reader is free software developed by Adobe systems). However, at times a PDF file gets corrupt due to various reasons and thus starts displaying incomprehensive or unknown characters on the screen which are unreadable by a normal user. To overcome such situations of inaccessibility of precious PDF file, one needs to use third-party PDF repair software. The situation of losing accessibility of the precious file is always very frustrating and thus to get over this situation it is required to understand the basic causes by which a PDF file gets corrupt: Causes of PDF Corruption: There can be various reasons of PDF corruption, some of which are: Improper or incomplete download or upload of PDF file can corrupt it. Vi...

While working with PDF (Portable Document Format) file you may have faced several types of errors. Some of these errors occur due to virus attack, permission settings and improper download. When you download PDF files from internet, then there is high probability that PDF file may get corrupt. In the case of PDF file corruption you may receive several types of errors such as “File does not begin with %PDF” . This error will pop up at the time when you are trying to open a corrupt PDF file. Sometimes this error will not allow you to open PDF file. Then you need to apply some good method or advanced PDF repair tool to repair corrupt PDF file. Here I am explaining few methods which you can apply to overcome from above written error message. There can be several causes of this error message, so we must have to apply all written methods one by one if exact cause is not confirmed. Methods: First of all check and confirm the correct file format (.pdf). If you are u...

--> PDF files are known as one of the most secure data files because owner can set different access levels for different type of uses. PDF documents need less memory space than other documents so these can be easily send through email. But these secure acrobat pdf documents may get corrupt at the time of download or upload. In the case of PDF file corruption there are two possibilities 1) Corrupt file will open but original data will not shown 2) Corrupt file will not open. In both type of corruption you need to apply some PDF repair methods or use PDF recovery software to access your original data. Few methods are available to repair corrupt PDF documents. You can copy and paste corrupt data in to new file is one such method. This method works for few cases not for severely damaged cases. Following are the steps to apply above method.. Open the damaged file, and then choose Object > Path > Cleanup to remove unwanted items (for example, stray ...