Has anyone had a problem with CS5 files becoming corrupt?

Question

I'm using Photoshop 5.5 and OS Lion. The Finder crashed while doing a Search. When I rebooted and opened Photoshop, every Photoshop file I had worked on that afternoon, plus two from the day before, was corrupt - nothing else was affected. Desktop preview icons and file sizes looked fine, but when I opened the files they were just bands of color and noise. All layers were gone and the size was incorrect.  The jpgs I had saved from the psd files were also corrupt. Adobe blames Apple and Apple blames Adobe. I'd like to learn why it happened, so I can make sure it won't happen again. This is my business and clients simply don't accept "the files became corrupt" as an excuse!

Answer 1

I don't use Carbonite nor have I read anything about it, but do they just keep one copy of the latest backed-up file?  That seems a bit short-sighted.  Are there maybe options for recovering older versions that you're not seeing?
Data can be very valuable in these modern times.
I use a number of different forms of backup, including scheduled system image backups to external USB drives, scheduled data file backups to other drives and systems in my network, and even copying critical data to BD-R discs by hand occasionally.
I'm sorry for your loss of data, mhall5553, but let this be a wake up call to all readers of this thread that you need to take the time to think about what's being backed up and whether you're protected well-enough from various different kinds of data loss. 
Don't forget to think about what if you yourself screw up a file - e.g., accidentally save over one you really want to keep.
It's not necessary to get a subscription to an online service to do backup.  It may seem a bit geeky but all computer systems provide some backup capabilities (e.g., to external USB drives, to discs, to other internal drives, etc.) - even if it's just a matter of copying your critical files yourself.
Expect the worst and hope for the best.
Speaking of which, glad we're all still here on this December 21, 2012.
-Noel
P.S., I was disappointed to learn that in Windows 8 Microsoft has deprecated the "Previous Versions" feature that was integrated with their Windows Backup tool in Windows 7.  They claim to have replaced it with something called "File Versions", I suppose to try to follow Apple's lead with Time Machine, but people are not finding File Versions to work very well.