Hard Drive still full after emptying trash

Hi!
I own a Macbook running 10.4.8., 80 GB hard drive. I also just purchased and hooked up a LaCie external hard drive, FA Porsche, USB 2.0, 250 GB.
I am working on making some home movies into DVDs, which is why I purchased the hard drive, so I could store the files on that instead of clogging up my computer. Average file size is about 11 GB.
I filled up my computer hard drive, and then copied the files to the external hard drive once it was connected. I then put the computer files in the trash and emptied the trash. This should have cleared up space on my computer, but nothing has changed, I still have 1 GB of space, but yet the files are gone.
I tried restarting the computer and repairing disk permissions, but this has not worked.
Please Help!

The drive is still full even with the external drive unplugged. Another thing that could be a problem, that I know nothing about, is FileVault. My dad told me to set it up, and neither of us know what it is or what it does. I ran Whatsize, and it appears to me that because I have Filevault running, I have twice as many files. And I tried to turn it off, but it says I don't have enough disk space to turn it off.
Also, I tried to back up my computer onto the external drive, and the software said I didn't have enough space, even though when I click on the drive, it has plenty! I then just put each main folder (i.e. apps, docs, music, etc) in manually, and this worked. I'm so afraid I might miss something before I re-format.
Has anyone had this much trouble with a Lacie drive?

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