HDD crash Photoshop CS6 won't start - scratch disk error

The disk I used for the Photoshop scratch files crashed.  Now Photoshop CS6 won't start.

Press and hold Ctrl+Alt or Cmd+Opt, start Photoshop and select a different disk.
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