Repair a Corrupt PSD (Photoshop CS4) file on a mac

I am on a Mac running 10.6.3 and using CS4. Unfortunately I recently had a major system failure and had to wipe my drive and reinstall. I was able to recover my data using data rescue 3, but a few of my Photoshop files won't open. Photoshop tells me that they are not compatible with my version of photoshop, but of course, that is not true.
I assume they are corrupt and have been looking for a PSD file repair application, but can't seem to find anything for a MAC.
Anyone have any ideas? I need the files for a client/deadline and am desperate. After repairing my system I have no time to redo the files.
Thanks in advance.
Sarah
PS I have already re-installed from a freshly installed system

Corrupted files may produce any number of errors, including that they are not compatible with your version of Photoshop. They may not be compatible with any version of Photoshop now that they have been corrupted.
When you have spare time after being fired/dropped by your client, invest in a spare hard drive or two. Use at least one drive as a clone of your working system so that you have to only waste 10 minutes to switch over the next time your computer poops. You can use that clone drive or another spare drive to hold copies of your documents. Your client work should not be stored in only one place. Meet 'TimeMachine'. Apple did not include that in your OS for nothing.
Sarah Meikle wrote:
...had to wipe my drive and reinstall
Any sort of file recovery tool is out of the question now. You blew it when you reinstalled the system.

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