Why are my thumbnails and folders changing???

For some reason my image thumbnails and folders are misbehaving.
Thumbnails
The thumbnail images will just disappear on SOME images in a folder but not all.
Folders
The folder sizes will max out in some folders but not in others.
And, I am not sure this has anything to do with this, but sometimes when I add an image to a folder it will spring open and close very quickly. This does not happen all the time, but it does happen. This could just be a Leopard thing, I am not sure.
To make the thumbnail images re-appear, I just re-start my computer. However, this does not correct the folder over-sizing. I have to manually do this as I find them. And, to be clear, I have 'Show Icon Preview' selected. I know that in Tiger you could mistakenly change ALL the folders on you HD, but I did not think you could do this with Leopard. If this IS possible, then that could explain the folder changes, but not the image disappearances.
This all began as I was moving files over to my external HD yesterday. Same this is happening today. So, this is a constant battle that I am not winning by any stretch.
ANY comments or suggestions will be most welcome.
Phillip Anthony

Thanks for the detailed help.
I am aware of what you so kindly suggested, but I think the cause of my problem lay somewhere else.
To be clear, I have used the Info palette to change the 'Open with:' function from 'Adobe Photoshop CS4' to say, 'Preview', if I just want to view the image as opposed to modify it, especially if PS were not already launched.
As I said, this problem just began all of a sudden, then quit. Today, I have not had this issue, so I am not complaining. As I go through my workflow, I continue to find maxed out folder sizes, but these are easily corrected. It was the lack of thumbnails that was the issue.
Again, I sincerely appreciate the suggestion.
Phillip

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