Word Document Corruption due to Damaged Printer Driver

Microsoft Word documents are likely to corrupt due to several reasons. When you open Microsoft Word, it queries out the default printer driver. But if the printer driver is damaged or corrupted that can ultimately damage your Microsoft Word documents. As its result, you cannot access the stored data and need to restore lost information from backup. However, if backup seems to be damaged, not updated or is not available, you should use Word Repair software to scan and repair your damaged documents.

A damaged printer driver can corrupt memory and if you save a document in such situations, it can get corrupted also.

Symptoms

If the printer driver is corrupt, MS Word often crashes and fails to print the document.

Note: Print failure can also result if document is already damaged.

Solution

To fix such issues, you should consider these methods:

-Replace the damaged printer driver by reinstalling it
-To repair damaged documents, follow these steps:

-If you can open the affected document, copy all its content except the last paragraph mark and paste it to a new document. The last paragraph contains the hidden section mark and so it stores all the document corruption. You can alternatively try to save the damaged document in RTF or HTML format and then convert it back in MS Word format.

-If you cannot open the document, try opening it in Draft Mode without updating any links. If it doesn’t work, create a new document and try inserting the corrupted document in it as a file. You can also try to open the file by linking to it.

-Try extracting data from the damaged document using Recover Text from Any File converter.

-Scan and repair your damaged document using commercial Word Recovery software. These are powerful tools to repair and restore damaged Microsoft Word documents. Equipped with interactive interface, automated repair features, advanced options and safe doc repair processes, these applications serve as most valid Word file repair tools. You can use these software in any case of document corruption.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is a robust tool that effectively repairs and restores damaged Microsoft Word documents. It supports word recovery for Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. This read-only tool recovers all document objects such as charts, tables, drawings, macros, drawings, images etc. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.