Songs have begun stuttering and skipping

I have a problem that predates my recent Windows 7 install. I have many, many songs that have begun to repeat the first few seconds two or three times before commencing, slightly skipping beats etc.
It's almost as if the first few seconds have been duplicated and tacked on to the beginning of the file. This problem persists across computers, operating systems, devices and player software.
My experience with corrupt files is that they simply don't work, and I cannot understand what condition would cause part of a file to be resaved at the start of the file.
I have a library of 12,000 songs, for many of which I do not have physical media, so simply reburning the library isn't an option (even if I had the time).
I'm not sure there's any solution to the problem .. I may just have to try to whack the moles as they come up. But I'd really like to see if anyone has any ideas as to why this has happened and, more importantly, how to avoid it happening again in the future.
Thanks.

I had the same issue after I completed my upgrade from Vista SP2 to Windows 7, I have 10,000 songs which I also have backed up so the upgrade was flawless and the problem only stated after the install. What I experienced was skipping accross all of my library and it appreared after I was running my machine and other applications. HP would not assist but I actually went based on a recommendation to upgrade my NVIDA drives and checked also sound drivers, video and did find an upgrade dated 2010 by NVIDA (check your version) and when I rebooted so far so good....no skipping.

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