HELP! Corrupt raw .TIF files

In 2005 I was shooting with a Canon 1Ds Mark2 and the raw files were .TIF files.
There was one shoot where all the files were perfectly fine and I had no problem with them.
However, I've now gone back to that shoot and every single one of the raw .TIF files now say: "Could not complete your request because the file is not a TIFF file." when I try to open them. They still have the proper file size so they're not blank.
This mystifies me because there was never a problem with them back when and now EVERY SINGLE ONE of them says that?
Does anyone have any idea how to rectify this?
THANKS!

I'm on an Intel-based PowerMac so Photoshop CS5 is running fine.
You're correct, I wrote the wrong thing down about the camera, it WAS the 1Ds - my current camera is the 1DsMark2.
You're correct that Camera Raw still opens 1Ds .TIF files, the problem is that it won't open THESE 1Ds .TIF files as it did back when I first shot them. For some reason, the particular files from this shoot are NOW not opening although they did back when.
Just so I'm clear, the specific files I'm talking about I had no problem opening when I transferred them from my CF card. NOW I'm not able to. This is not the case for ALL these shoots I did back then, just from this one shoot.

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