Today I was downloading a PDF File (size: 200+ MB) from a HTTP link, which got ended at 150MB. When I tried to open this partially downloaded PDF file in Acrobat Reader, it gives error.

How to view a partially downloaded PDF File? Any free/opensource tool available?

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for what OS? – Troggy Aug 23 '09 at 17:04
I am looking this for Windows OS. – kamleshrao Aug 25 '09 at 9:24
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I think it's almost impossible because PDF consists of the different data chunks (like textes, fonts, colors) and so called dictionary saved at the end of the file. This part (dictionary) has all the information about where this chunks are placed inside the file. So without this information any software just can guess and might be completely blind trying to connect all these things together

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Try Sumathra. Its a free opensouce tool and I am successful in some cases. But not sure :)

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