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Help to convert a .pmd file

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
September 4, 2025
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Hi all!

I am trying to restore a file from an old floppy via an external floppy drive. With a lot of workarounds, i extract something with the help of HxD, Winimage, and more, but I am not sure that the file is not corrupted.

Can someone who can open these kinds of files check if I am on the right track?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSXm3xXzN6Mi_SLEk5haVueiJEJ0rrHX/view?usp=sharing

Thanks in advance

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

Yah, there's nothing in this file. There's no code in this, header, fragment or otherwise, that is in any sense something I would see in an actual Pagemaker file. Even the simplest of files would be at least 40-100KB.

See if you can find someone with an old PC tower (I am assuming the file was done on Windows as you wouldn't be able to read a Mac-formatted floppy anyway). Maybe they can see the entire file.

DM me. I have PageMaker running so I can test-open it.

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dzhani_7648Author

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I tried again to select the proper raw data. Could you please give it a shot?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cn5PJRwyEUSJFdjeZ2Cq6sRoOG3_dYZp/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111257712244392550031&rtpof=true&sd=true

Kasyan Servetsky

Legend

No joy!

The PageMaker document is damaged and cannot be recovered.

Kasyan Servetsky

Legend

This file is only 7kb in size! I don't think it can contain any useful layout data.

Old versions of Indy — like CS3/4 — can open PageMaker 6.0-7.0.
I tried, but it can't open it and throws an error.

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dzhani_7648Author

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Thank you for your attempt.

I am trying to select the correct part of the binary using HxD to make the file partially functional. Maybe you are right that 7 KB makes no sense. I will give it one more shot tomorrow and post a new link if you can retest it.

BobLevine

Community Expert

7KB? No, that file is garbage. There is absolutely no way to recover anything from it.

BobLevine

Community Expert

You'd need InDesign CS6 or earlier to open it in InDesign. Hopefully someone will be along to help you with it.

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