Hardware Inventory not working on one client

I have 1 system, that I am aware of, that I am not getting hardware inventory on. I can see the flow of the inventory from the InventoryAgent.log, CCMEXEC.LOG and the dataldr.log kicking it out and moving the file to BADMIFS\NonExistentRow.
Processing Inventory for Machine: %COMPUTERNAME%   Version 11.1  Generated: 05/30/2014 14:32:54 SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
Begin transaction: Machine=%COMPUTERNAME%(GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B) SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
ERROR - attempt to update non-existent row. Invalid command:  exec dbo.pWorkstationStatus_DATA 1,16781662,'05/30/2014 14:34:08',1,'5/30/2014 14:32:54',N'47244640257',1033,-360 SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
Rollback transaction: Machine=%COMPUTERNAME%(GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B) SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
SQL MESSAGE: spAddInventoryLog - SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
Remote client hardware inventory resync generated for client GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B; update/insert result = 2 SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
Send resync command to local site for machine GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B. SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
STATMSG: ID=2722 SEV=I LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER" SYS=%SCCM2012SERVER% SITE=CM1 PID=10644 TID=10996 GMTDATE=Fri May 30 20:34:08.755 2014 ISTR0="%COMPUTERNAME%" ISTR1="" ISTR2=""
ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0 SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
Cannot process MIF XHYKKXS1L.MIF, moving it to I:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\auth\dataldr.box\BADMIFS\NonExistentRow\60255515.MIF SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
STATMSG: ID=2703 SEV=W LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER" SYS=%SCCM2012SERVER% SITE=CM1 PID=10644 TID=10996 GMTDATE=Fri May 30 20:34:08.766 2014 ISTR0="XHYKKXS1L.MIF" ISTR1="I:\Program Files\Microsoft
Configuration Manager\inboxes\auth\dataldr.box\BADMIFS\NonExistentRow\60255515.MIF" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0 SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014
2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
Done: Machine=%COMPUTERNAME%(GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B) code=2 (119 stored procs in XHYKKXS1L.MIF) SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER 5/30/2014 2:34:08 PM 10996 (0x2AF4)
So, I went and looked at 60255515.MIF and the start of the file looks like this:
   FV   ,   1.0                        FV  FV  à   0   FV 
FV  à   System   FV  FV  ð:   GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B   FV  FV  ð*   NetBIOS Name
%COMPUTERNAME%   FV  FV  à$   SMS Inventory Agent   FV  FV  ð   1   FV  FV ðQ //AgentID<SMS Inventory Agent>
I found some other articles online that stated I may have duplication for the GUID so I searched v_r_system for all systems with GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B, only the computer I am looking for showed up, so I am not duplicated. I am not sure
where to go next.

Looks like it had issues with the file again.
I:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\auth\dataldr.box\BADMIFS\MissingSystemClass\g5je1wnp.MIF
Looking at the MIF it seems pretty skinny compared to the others.
FV  , 1.0 FV FV à 0 FV FV à System FV FV ð: GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B FV FV ð* NetBIOS Name
%ComputerName% FV FV à$ SMS Inventory Agent FV FV ð 1 FV FV ð* AGENT:SMS Inventory Agent FV FV ð% //AgentID<SMS Inventory Agent>
//ResyncAgent<1>
//Architecture<System>
//UniqueID<GUID:68AD28FA-C064-4CE1-8489-CAC91247473B>
//KeyAttribute<NetBIOS Name><%ComputerName%>
//ClientType<1>
Start Component
Name = "Workstation"
Start Group
Name = "Workstation Status"
ID = 1
Class = "MICROSOFT|WORKSTATION_STATUS|1.0"
Pragma = "SMS:UPDATE"
Start Attribute Name = "Last Hardware Scan" ID = 1 Type = Date Value = "20140602120234.000000-360" End Attribute
Start Attribute Name = "System Default Locale ID" ID = 2 Type = Integer Value = 1033 End Attribute
Start Attribute Name = "Timezone Offset" ID = 3 Type = Integer Value = -360 End Attribute
Start Attribute Name = "Last Report Version" ID = 4 Type = String Value = "4294967296" End Attribute
End Group
End Component
FV

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