Files corrupt during copy & save

I have been experiencing an intermittent problem with files becoming corrupt when copied from a CD to my hard drive. Tests on the hard drive show no problems. Problem also occurs (intermittently) when attempting to open or save attachments from emails. If the message is forwarded to another computer from mine, the attachment is still corrupt; however, if the original message is sent to a different computer rather than forwarded from my computer, the attachment is fine.
Can anybody offer ideas as to why this is happening? It's particularly hard to troubleshoot because it's an intermittent problem.

Hi KathyW@ppg,
Your hard disk could have developed bad sectors, usually because the drive is failing. Don't get me wrong, all hard drives have bad sectors when they come from the factory. Only, the bad sectors are marked to protect from use by the computer. You can reformat the drive and mark all sectors, a 7-pass write, to ensure you get all newly created bad sectors.
Usually, this will reoccur some time later. It is prudent to locate a large capacity new drive, at a good price to purchase for the near future.
Regards

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