Bridge Corrupting Images

Hi,
I am wondering how to go about fixing this problem. I've have a few photos now that have been corrupted inside of Adobe Bridge. At first, I thought it was my camera, cable or memory cards but it's the software. This is an example of the problem:
This only happens occassionally but there was one instance when there were 8 photos in a row that showed similar issues. In camera it is fine. What I have done with one of the files that recently had errors is download using Canon's software, opened the RAW file in Canon's photo editing software and doing a Save As renaming the file, then it works fine in Bridge. But I'd rather not bother with the extra steps if at all possible.
Has anyone else encountered this and if so, how did you fix it? TIA for your help.

phisch777 wrote:
The card is new and the drivers are, too
Not if they are the ones on the CD that came with the card they're not.
Check on the manufacturer's web site.
And any system is in imminent danger of collapse if the system hard drive is more than 80% full.

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