File -- New Folder creates 2 folders, and files dissapear when I move them

Hi. I am having a rather bizarre problem. When I am using Finder, I go to File --> New Folder and an "untitledfolder" appears. However, two of them appear. I rename one and leave the other alone. When I move files into the named folder, they disappear! I cannot delete either folder, but sometimes I can.
Also bizarre, say I have repeated the process above 4 times, naming folders "temp1" "temp2" etc. I delete the folders. If I try to create a new folder with the name "temp1" I get a message "folder with that name already exists," even if the folder appears to be deleted.
If I try to delete them and close then reopen the Finder window, "temp1" will show up. When I click on "temp1" the name changes to another folder I tried to create, such as "temp2". All the folders are empty.
Does anybody have any explanation for this weird behavior?
~Kelly

I had the same problem on an external drive connected wia FW. I am also confuse about the bahaviour of Finder. I am very new on Mac and I used until now Windows and Dos. Finder does not have a rigid tree path between files and folders. Especially in columns wiev it is terrible; you see the same file in different places and it is difficoult to manage them. Sinde I am migrating from a Win PC and I have several external HD to transfer I already made the mistake do delete something. Furtunately I have many BU copies but I feel like driving blind in fog. I will appreciata any help on how to limit the finder to a normal "file manager of the old good dos". It is a bug that will be fixed or will it remain this way ??? Or it is me not understanding the way to use it ???
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