changing host.. data loss

When you migrated the site, you probably failed to sufficiently change the paths in the wp-options table. Dreamhost paths are /home/yourusername/yourdomain.com/ and I would assume GoDaddy paths are something different.

When migrating a WordPress site from one host to another, a search and replace in the database is still needed even if the domain name doesn’t change. The values in question are probably serialized so it is strongly recommended that you use this script after the initial migration and look for paths that need changing.