Any solution for "unexpected end-of-file encountered"?

Using Mac 10.7.4 and CS5 Extended on an Imac 27.
Today, working on a large file PSD suffix and Photoshop froze. and when I restarted i got "unexpected end of file " error message on the file i was working on, but on several other files also in that folder.
Has anyone found a solution to this? Can you rebuild or restore the file in any way?
The file shows on the hard drive now as 118.6 megs.
The files show up in Bridge, but with small Previews.

[email protected] wrote:
Can you rebuild or restore the file in any way?
It doesn't help you with this file, but unexpected failure is precisely what the new Photoshop CS6 Auto-Save feature helps with. If Photoshop were to crash/freeze/be forced closed/whatever, next time you start it it brings back whatever you were working on in the last few minutes before the failure.
-Noel

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When I try to start Photoshop. I have the splash screen and it starts loading but when arrived at loading preferences, it stops and I have the error message :
unexpected end-of-file encountered. Then "could not initialize photoshop because the preferences file was invalid ( it has been deleted). I am sure I have not deleted but I know my hard drive is almost full.
What I can do ? I really need it. I have photoshop CS5 on mac osx. I can't get photoshop cc because my imac is too old
Thank you very much for your answer and help.
Anne.

Please read these and proceed accordingly (restoring Preferences might deserve special attention):
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2012/07/photoshop-basic-troubleshooting-steps-to-fix-mos t-issues.html
http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2325

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Are you trying to open Photoshop directly, or open it by double clicking on a Photoshop document, like a PSD file? If the former, then you might need to reinstall. Resetting Preferences would be the firs step, but I am not sure if that will work if Photoshop is not opening in the first place.
Try doing so anyway. Hold down Shift Alt Ctrl (Shift Opt Cmd) while opening Photoshop. OK the message to delete Preferences.
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Hi Curt...I'm new here, so I'll get the hang of it. Thank you for your quick response. I'm using the Mac OS X version 10.6.8 I'm a digital artist and was working on a psd file. I use a wacom tablet and all of a sudden everything stopped responding. I had to force quit Photoshop and open again. That's when the window telling me an unexpected end-of-file was encountered. So much work has gone into this piece of artwork, so needless to say, I'm beyond frustrated. I had saved this work along the way just so I wouldn't lose it, but now this unexpected twist. I will try what you suggested to see if it will help.
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You will lose all layers (this process flattens the image, but it's better than nothing).
You need to have Adobe Illustrator installed (you could get a trial version or something if you don't have it).
I was using Windows 7 when I did this, so it may not work in OSX (Apple) or Windows 8.
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I tried this on my first encounter of the error and it works pretty good for simple PSD files but not on complex ones containing vector masks etc. And it will not work on larger PSD files that are more damaged and "unreadable".
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To avoid:
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create multiple versions of your files with save as. You can always trash the ones you don't want when you're done.
Recovery depends on how far the save function got before photoshop (or your computer) crashed. In many cases only the file header information is damaged. For larger files the damage can be more extensive.
In all cases, the best recovery method is to open the file with Adobe Image Ready and save as. It may give a "file is unreadable" error while opening but usually manages to still open the file. In my testing, the results are 100% accurate (to whatever state the file existed in). In most cases the file was 100% recovered, including complex files containing vector and layer masks, clippings and groups. I cannot say this is the case for any of the paid for "repair PSD" utilities which extract a raster only version of each layer and then re-build the layers into a new psd file. This results in a limited, "destructive" or rasterized layered file.
Unfortunately, Adobe Image Ready is hard to find. The last version I believe was V9 (“CS2″), May 2005.
Adobe is offering a legacy download here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html#
for users who previously purchased it (and need to re-install it). I didn't try this as I still have CS2 already installed on an older machine. Note, you will need MacOS 10.6.8 running rosetta or older to instal on a Mac.
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I've been working on a motion file in photoshop for my thesis and i tried opeining it today and it wont let me open the file. it says "could not complete your request because an unexpected end-of-file was encountered".
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