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There are numerous possibilities. The file could have been saved on a damaged disk. Floppy and ZIP disks are easily affected by magnetic fields. If a file is sent electronically “unprotected” (uncompressed) file corruption can occur. Any “outside factor” while the file is in transit could potentially damage the file.
