Merging layers isn't quite the same

Hi... I actually have a layer merging question in CS5.
I have a document with three "normal" layers and two hue/saturation adjustment layers. They're at the top. The next two layers, and the adjustment layers, have layer masks. The bottom layer has no mask. The blend mode between the fourth and fifth layers (counting from the top) is "Hard Light". The blend mode for all other layers is "normal", and all opacities are 100%.
When I flatten the layers, what I get is not what I had before the layers are different, hard to describe exactly how. I notice that if I merge the fourth and fifth layers (with the "Hard Light" blend mode), and only those two layers, I get the same behavior as when I flatten the entire image.
So why would merging two layers that have the "Hard Light" blend mode at 100% opacity look different than when the layers aren't merged?
I hope I was clear in describing this... kinda hard w/o screen shots.
Thanks for your help!
-Eric

Thanks again everyone!
I'm seeing something similar to what you show here Charles, and since I can post screen shots, here's what I'm seeing:
Before flattening:
After flattening:
So... I have to ask the question... why?
Why is the 16.67% view not accurate? At 100%, I can't see all of this image... not even close, and I prefer to see all of an image when I'm working on it. It would just be a horrible workflow to have to keep zooming in and out, and/or or panning all over place and/or flattening and undoing over and over.
Is this what people have to do on a regular basis?
I don't claim to be any kind of Photoshop power-user (though I've been using it since version 3), but I've never come across this before. I can't believe there's no workaround so that "what I see is what I get", even if I'm not at 100%.
So, thank you all for your help and explaining what's going on, but any thoughts on how to "fix" this behavior? Or is it not even possible? That'd be a bummer.
Thanks again!
-Eric

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