Disappearing files and/or folders ?

I'm experiencing files and/or folders disappearing from within other folders under Lion 10.7.2
This is an intermittent problem. It usually happens mostly from dragging and dropping file('s) and/or folder('s) into antother folder within Finder windows from doing thinds like general tidying-up and file/folder maintenance.
The files/folders appear to still be there and I have often confirmed this by running other programs that allow you to view files locations by right clicking and choosing 'reveal in finder'. Usually shuting down and booting back up often resolves the problem and the files/folders become visible again, but this is something I'd prefer not to do.
The problem does appear to become more frequent in time and I don't recall this problem under Snow Leopard. It can affect one or more folders.
I've naturally verified the disk and have run 'repair disk permission' more times than I can remember. Just hope it's not a B-Tree structure problem or anything becoming more serious.

I am getting this too. So far it has always gone away when I restart.
I'm starting to think that Lion needs to be restarted quite often, at least daily.
Grrr.

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