Smart object not opening?

I am using CS3 and I have been having issues with my smart objects from camera raw, I given me an error, "could not edit smart object because disk not available". I have read a similar post, although they where not talking about camera raw smart objects and it was referring to people working over a network which I am not doing. In the past I have found that if I make sure that I open Bridge first, the smart objects will then work. I keep all of my raw images and my working files on the same disk and right now even if I open bridge first, I can not get the smart object to work. Any ideas?

Glad to see some interest. Thanks!
I've had it on both my old system and my new one, the old was a Dual 2.5 G5, the new one is a Dual 2.8 Quad. Both machines are kept fully up to date. The new ones system was created by updating off of the old one.
PS 10.0.1.
It's happened with both files from illustrator and from files created within photoshop - both those created by 'convert to smart object' and 'convert to smart filters'.
I can't remember if I've ever seen the error on either my laptop (macBook) or the mac I use at work (Quad 2.7 G5), if it happens on either I'll mention it here.
Some things about my system that might be part of the cause:
I have four external drives, three firewire, one USB.
I have four internal drives.
I use a wacom.
I'm always connected to a network of at least one other mac (g4 733), two if my laptop is on.
I also get the error where I can't save the file (disk not available?), and have to save out to a different drive, and then restart Photoshop.
I use spaces and sometimes get the flashing cursor error, and have to restart photoshop.
That's all I can think of.
Thanks for the interest.

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