Recovering a corrupt file Photoshop CC

Does anyone know how to repair a corrupt CC PSD file?
I was working on my Photoshop file and it wasn't able to save, i closed and reopened the file and i got a pop message "There was a problem reading the layer data. Read the composite data instead?"
The file is now a single image with no layers when opened in PS. However looking at the file information the file is still large and has lots of Artwork layers.
Does anyone have any experience with this and know a repair/recovery software package or something.
Any information will be much appreciated!

Try this:
-Go to application ,send application manager to the trash and reinstall it from:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=4774&fileID=4438
- Empty the photoshop temp folder:
On the finder ,on the "GO" menu ,choose go to folder and tape :  /var/tmp
Normally all downloads are there,try to find the one for Photoshop and delete it ,you can search by date.
- Delete those files also (if no other adobe applications are installed,otherwise don't do this):
[Startup Disk]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD
[Startup Disk]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/caps
[Startup Disk]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/backup
Try to reinstall.
If it doesn't work,please give your mac os version and tell me if the problem occurs only for photoshop or not?

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