How to fix a corrupted file

Crashing during a "SAVE" is not a pretty picture

Photoshop World
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Fred from Halifax, NS, using 7.0 with win xp (yes, I know), writes in with:

[Quote:] I had just saved and file and was going to save as web, and when I did my pc crashed. Now when I try to open the PS file, it's a big red and black mess. The preview thumbnail is there and current with my last save and the file size also reads as it should. Any help in retreiving the file would be greatly appreciated.

Reply:

This is not a Photoshop question.

However, you have corrupted your file, when overwriting the saved version.
In many cases the Photoshop "temporary" file will still be on the system and you can open it. Otherwise, you're toast. The file is dead.

COMPUTER USER RULE #1: Save and Save to a NEW name often. Saving is not enough. Use the "Save As..." command. It leaves the last SAVED version as an independent file and crashing will not affect it.

Comments

[nilesh pawar]

hi.
while working on psd file the light goes off.os i quickly save the file as i have ups..as soon as i saved the file i closed system through ups..bt wen started again that psd file got corrupted.i shows as .temp extension & corrupted.i have the photoshop temp file still in comp..
plz tell me hw can i recover this file..that is very imp work im doing.
plz plz help me with this

[Matthew Lands]

I am trying to move files back to my computer, from CD. I am bringing up the D drive folder. Then I select the files that I want and copy them to a folder on my desk top, but when I try to open these files in Photoshop Elements, I get the message, " these files may be truncated or incomplete" I have the option to open them anyway, and I have done that. When I work in the files and reburn them to another disc, they cannot be opened by the AGFA or color photograph print computer at my local photo lab. Could someone please advise?

[sibellexo]

I saved a bunch of pictures on photoshop after having changed hue saturation etc. For some reason, when I open them again it is written "could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document." I look under properties to notice that it is marked as an "AHU file" and that the only program that it can be opened from is through photoshop. However all my pictures are not opening, and I have no idea what an "AHU" file is or how to convert it to psd. Help!

[Ruben Venzor]

as soon as i open any photoshop file about 5 to 10 secends i get this message:
"Could not complete your request becuase of a program error."

[James Nolloth]

Hey, Please can anyone help me.

When i save a file on PhotoShop CS2, its ment to save as a PSD, right? But it don't it saves as a T File? Which then i can't open in PhotoShop so thats all my work down the drain! How do i get rid of these T Files and bring back my PSD's!

[Arun]

Dear can any one tell me how can I corrupt my psd files if I need after a particular time period is there any possibilities. Please let me no. Or is there any code to do so please mail me at my mail address its
aknair81@gmail.com

Reg
Arun

[Crystal]

How do you open the temp files? I tried the way Kyle Patrick suggested and it's not working.

[Ed]

Very sad situation. I have over fifty photos and videos that dont open at all. On Photoshop it says: " could not open because JPEG maker segment lenght is too short (the file may be truncated or incomplete). " Can you give an advice or help me in any way? Thanx. :(
I had it copied to CD and when I tried to watch it, it failed. I havent got it on my memory card. But the other photos are alright. Can the poor things be saved?

[Jeff F.]

When using flash media, it's extremely important that after "copying" any files over to desktop or from desktop to flash drive, that you EJECT the flash drive, either by dragging it to the garbage (mac) or right click > eject on the drive name (windows). Data transferred from flash media is often cashed and when the drive is removed, it has not completed writing, or has not closed files / transfers.

[Karen]

so..there's no way to recover those??
I am so sad..
i worked so hard on my file, and while I was saving it, my computer crashed, when I opened it, It was a mess, red, yelloy and black lines and noise-like dots. T.T
but The weird thing is that the prevew shows exactly how the image should look like.
T.T I am so sad....I always save copys with different names, thid time I didn't and look what happens

[Crystal Spies]

Thank you for the responses, although I have been saving the images from my compact flash to my desktop, then to a CD. So, I am still stuck with the same question regarding why I may be getting the truncated/incomplete error on my jpgs. I don't know if it is the compact flash, the CD I am saving it to or Photoshop CS2. I transfer them via CD to my computer at work, work on them, save them, then try to reopen them and the message then appears. I am still unsure of what the problem may be. Thanks for your help!

[Crystal Spies]

I had images (jpgs) on my Sandisk Extreme III compact flash and I trasnfered them to my desktop, then I opened them in photoshop, corrected them , then saved them. When I went to reopen them in Photoshop to make additional changes I received the message, "This document may be damaged (the file may be truncated or incomplete)." I talked with Sandisk and they gave me a few options like formating my card on the computer instead of on the camera, but I was wondering if this may be a photoshop issue. I have an important shoot soon and I wanted to pinpoint the problem before I shoot again. Thanks!!!

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Hello Crystal...

I'm afraid I've got bad news.
In my Photoshop classes at JMU, I see a lot of my students losing
important work to flash drives. And, it doesn't seem exclusive
of any particular brand. It got so bad, that I now strongly suggest
NOT to use them.

Besides, for archive or transport, simply burning a CD is as cheap
for the students, and much more reliable.

RULE: NEVER SAVE DIRECTLY TO FLASH MEDIA

Out of Photoshop, SAVE the file to the computer. THEN out side
of Photoshop, COPY the file to the Flash Media.

But if the file is really, really important, burn a CD, or save to
a more substantial drive like any of the inexpensive pocket
drives, or an iPod.

[dude]

you convert a gif file, by loading it into photoshop, then go to ,
Image > mode and choose rgb, then also double click the layer "which will say background" give the layer a name, then go save as and choose photoshop psd,

You prob havnt' been able to save as a psd because, ur image mode will be indexed colour because its a gif, so simply change the mode to rgb and save as.

[Leok]

You could try acdsee. But its dificult to recover corrupted files. In video it´s alot easyer!

Regards

Leok

[Kyle Pattrick]

Does anyone know how to open these temp files? I lost a few hours work on a new piece by not saving & my computer crashing. Yet the temp files are still on the hard drive.

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Move the file to a new folder, and rename it.
Quit then re-boot Photoshop and it should open.
I've saved many this way -- (On a Macintosh)
but move it before Photoshop sees it again or it's gone.

[Ritu Bhatt]

How do i convert a gif file as a PSD file..??