Wav files becoming corrupt on mac os leopard 10.5.8 ?

Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook2,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          2 GB
hi guys , i am facing a really strange problem on my mac os leopard . .something seems to be eating up my "wav" tracks from my downloads folder. .original files bought from beatport.com are being corrupted in a way that the files are being reduced in size and when played only a part of the whole file plays , the rest of it is blank. this is creepy and has been bothering me too much cuz this has happened to 3 of my "wav" audio tracks. . all i do with the files is either play them on traktor pro or analyze them with mixed in key. . what could possible be the problem causing this. . please help !!!

Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

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