View HDR Settings PSD File

Hello,
Does anyone know how to view the HDR settings from a PSD File?
I created a HDR image using the Merge HDR Pro and saved the file as a PSD. Now I would like to take 3 more photos from the same set and make a matching pair. Does anyone know how to view the HDR settings that I used to create the first image?
Thanks,
Ben

I am using Fireworks CS3.
This morning (as an experiment) I downloaded a trial copy of
photoshop (not at all intuitive to use unlike Fireworks!!) and did
some experimentation.
I eventually found that the PSD file I was looking at was
rgb/16 - when I switched this to rgb/8 and saved the file it opened
up perfectly in Fireworks.
Is this a known limitation of Fireworks?
Geraint

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