HELP - no luck opening large layered Tiff files

I have a large, layered Tiff file which I am trying to open in Photoshop CS5 but every time I attempt to open it I get an error "unexpected end of file" it is HUGE, over 400MB I also can't flatten it as I need to be able to access the layers - any ideas?

It sounds like the file may be damaged. If you have another copy from closer to its origin, try that instead.
It is also possible the drive on which it is stored needs a pass of Disk Utility "Repair Disk"

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