Repair PSD file, help! :'(

I was working at an image, had worked a few hours, saved many times, then I pressed CTRL+S to save again, and then my computer freezes. I rebooted the computer, and then I couldn't open the psd-file again... PLEASE HELP!!! Can I repair the file? I use CS5.
I'm dying if the file is lost...

I'm dying if the file is lost...
It probably is... The best you can hope for is being able to open it in alternate image editors or image viewing programs like XnView and ACDSee they may be able to at least recover the "flat" file and allow you to save that. Partial recovery of layers may also be possible, but not all of them. Also those tools are limited to RGB and 8bit/16bit modes, so the more fancy and specific your PSD was, the less chance they will be able to recover anything. And lesson learned: Always save incremental in the future. There's no harm in having multipole files. you can always delete them later.
Mylenium

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I did remove Norton after the incidence, and yet, the problem exist.
I used to open my project files with Photoshop CS5. Before I open anything, I browse through my project data within the Finder, i.e list view + quick view, I just scroll up and down within the window to check out the data name before I open it.
Everything works just fine. I used to use Xee image viewer and I can literally open and view any image. But as soon the files get larger in size, and the more files I got in one folder - like 100+, the more it was likely, that my Finder hangs. And it still does.
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I deleted almost everything, checked my startup icons and so forth, but I did not have the problem before, or I didn't notice it.
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