Problem opening files having linked .psd files

Hi
A client of mine is running windows xp 32 bit on an Intel Core 2 duo processor with 2 Gb RAM and Geforce 8400 PCI Express card. Recently He received Illustrator CS3 files created on a MAC computer which has lots of linked .psd files. The illustrator files opens sometimes but most of the time it gives an error message " missing linked .psd files" and it prompts to locate the .psd files. On relocating the .psd files, it opens sometimes but mostly it displays the error message that the linked files are corrupt. and the Illustrator closes by itself. On re booting the PC sometime the file opens but mostly it doesn't.
I can't figure out the problem.
Someone please help

Yes the Photoshop files are opening in photoshop I even saved a fresh copy of it but the error still keeps coming regularly. I even tried opening the files in a different PC but it gives the same error messages. I took the files to the PC it was originally created in and it works perfectly in the guy's MAC computer. I tried several times and it never displayed an error message. Whereas 8 out of ten times the file is not opening in any of my client's PC.
Now if the files are corrupt then how cum they are opening sometimes in my client's PC and is always opening in the MAC it was originally created in.

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