Old fh7 files not valid Freehand documents

Does anyone know why some of my old FH7 files cannot open in either of versions 7, 9 or 11?
The error message tells me that they are not valid Freehand documents.
I already have at least a dozen of these, with potentially dozens more.
As i have no idea whats contained in these, I can't even re-create if necessary.

Sorry Judy,
No luck I'm afraid. I've tried opening these old files in a trial
version of the new Illustrator
but to no avail. I think you're right when you say they may have been
saved to a bad disk at some stage.
I know our storage systems have changed a few times over the years since
these files were last accessed.
I will try seeing how far our backup tapes go back before finally giving
up I think.
thanks for your suggestions though.
alan
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