Bridge corrupts my files

Hi:
I this has happened to me with a number of files: Bridge corrupts them. I have succesfully transfered the files, NEF from Nikon D700, from the camera and they open fine in both bridge and photoshop (CS5). But after doing batch renaming and adding meta data to a large number of files, some are corrupt. I cannot open then or see preview. I get the error "Unexpected end of file".I can still see preview in finder, but now I'm un certain if that's just the embedded preview or if the file is actually ok.
Unlike other entries on the subject, this is not caused by corrupt intermediate storage, flash or usb sticks. It's bridge that screws up.
Two questions:
1. How do I recover?
2. How do I avoid this in the future? Is DNG the only way to ensure that Bridge/Photoshop won't screw up my files?
Any help? Please?
Thanks, Erik

Two questions:
1. How do I recover?
2. How do I avoid this in the future? Is DNG the only way to ensure that Bridge/Photoshop won't screw up my files?
Any help? Please?
I would highly recommend that you run a good disk utility and look for problems on your HD, as this would be a very unusual problem for Bridge, but a likely problem from an underlying HD problem, like a corrupted directory file. This is a big red flag in my book.
Are you saving settings in sidecar files (my preference) or the central XMP database? (Check your prefs if you're not sure). I strongly prefer sidecar files.
DNG is not the answer to your problems - a DNG file can become corrupted just as easily as the XMP sidecar file. If you are just renaming files, the original RAW file should not become corrupted, as Bridge does not write info into the RAW file, it only re-writes the name. Adding metadata should put data into the sidecar file, and again leave the RAW file untouched. Have you looked to see if the original RAW files are unchanged? Have you looked at the sidecare files of "corrupted" images to see what happened to the XMP files? Have you removed the offending XMP files and let Bridge "start over" with a new XMP sidecar file? The image itself should be ok. I also assume that you're re-built the cache for the "bad" files to make sure that the problem is really with the files, and not the cache.
Has any other non-Adobe software "touched" your files? The only time I have had this type of problem was when using PhotoMechanic to change some GPS data, then going back to Bridge CS5. For some reason, at times they don't play well together and the XMP gets foobarred. The versions of XMP that they use are different.
Recover? That depends on how you have backed up your images and how many backup copies you keep. Hopefully, the original images are backed up as a last resort. I often keep intermediate backups as well, after making significant changes to images or adding lots of custom metadata, and I copy to tape every morning at 0300.
I'd start with a good hard look at your HD with the Apple Disk Utility, TechToolPro, or DiskWarrior (or all three). If there is a problem and it doesn't get fixed, you'll have more problems down the road.
Give us feedback on what you find and what your workflow is and I'm sure you'll get more advice.
--Rich

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Hi,
in most situations an "add log volume" does not solve
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