Corrupt Dreamweaver CS3 files

I've been working on a websites, my second one, for over a
month now and I've really enjoyed getting to know Dreamweaver CS3.
Unfortunately, the inevitable happened last night.
I returned to my computer (Macbook Pro OSX 10.4.11) and
opened my html and CSS files and both were corrupt. All the code
was gone and some sort of jibberish was in it's place. This is the
second time this has happened and I have not installed any
extensions.
There was no error message when I opened the file and I can
only guess what the problem might be. I recently moved the files
from my local folder to my desktop because I wasn't ready to
publish yet. Dreamweaver, or my Mac, was also having trouble
recognizing Jpeg files.
I'm pretty disappointed but really don't know what to do.
I've considered two resolutions, neither of which is very
appealing. First, I could reinstall Dreamweaver and make sure all
files are placed properly in the root folder, or second, I could
reinstall the entire OS and all CS3 apps.
I know recovering the files is not likely, and I have earlier
versions saved, but more importantly, I want to make sure
Dreamweaver works properly in the future so I can avoid having to
redo weeks of work. If anyone has advice or has experienced
something similar, I would sincerely appreciate your input.
Many thanks.
Doug

Thanks much for the reply.
This isn't a live site so no FTP or remote server was
involved. I wonder if moving the files to my desktop caused the
problem? All files for the site were originally set up in the
shared folder for publishing from the mac but they were always
local. I moved them to the desktop to rebuild and test a rollover
nav issue which I was able to resolve (a big step forward)
But now, all files are corrupt.
I'm seriously considering reinstalling the entire OS and
apps. Backing up all my design files and the resources saved to
bridge would be a pain, for sure, but the main goal is to have a
stable environment for development moving forward as I'll be taking
courses to incorporate mySQL and PHP this fall.
This did happen one other time, so maybe it's an installation
issue. I wish I could provide more info but I'm stumped.
Disappointing...

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