Canon 7D Imported Files Corrupted.

Every now and them when I import files created with a Canon 7D they show up as corrupted in Lightroom.
I can read and process the files using Canon's Digital Photo Professional. The last time this happened
I deleted the files from the LR catalog then re-imported them and they were ok. This time that does not
seem to be working. I've tried to import the files from two different hard drives. The files were copied
directly from the card to the two hard drives.
I've used digestIT to calculate the MD5 Hash of the files files on the card and after copying them to the
hard drives. The hashes are the same so I'm assuming that the file copy did not corrupt the files.
I've also import the files directly from the card. When I did this only two of the files showed up
as corrupted.
Finally I import the files using the same card and card reader using my laptop. Every thing works, no
file corruption. The laptop is running Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit and LR 3.3 32 bit.
Any ideas of what may be causing this problem? How do I fix it?
System details:
LR: 3.3 64 bit
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
Canon 7D: Firmware 1.0.9
LR Cat: New catalog create with LR 3.3 64 bit.
Below are images of what the files look like in LR and DPP. The last images is what happened
when I imported the files directly from the card.
Thanks

martin-s and DdeGannes thanks.
I think I have a better handle on what's happening. I think my storage device is the problem. I guess it could still be
the memory but I would expect the system to be unstable if this were the case.
I imported another set of photos today from a different card. Sure enough one of the files showed up as corrupted in LR. I then
did the following:
1. Attempted to open the file using DPP. The file also showed up as corrupted.
2. Checked the MD5 hash of the file on the drobo against the file on the card. The hashes were different.
     This means that the file copy was bad.
3. Removed the file from the LH catalog.
4. Deleted the file from the storage device.
5. Copied it from the card.
6. Check the hashes to make sure the copy was good.
7. Imported the file into LR.   The preview JPG still showed up as corrupted.
8. I then attempted to open the file in the develop module. It opened ok. Made some adjustments
   then when back to the library module and the preview JPG now looked fine.
I guess removing an images from the catalog does not remove the preview JPG from the catalog. Which
means that if the image is added back to the catalog the old LR generated preview may get reused.

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