Lost disk space after each reinstall.

I've had to reinstall leopard on my macbook three times in the last week for different reasons. After each reinstall(erase and install) it appeared that I lost a little more GB to the HDD. I have a 250GB HDD, and I know it actualls reads as 232.87, but without uploading any media and only using the reinstall disks that came with the box, I have only 218 or so GB. Is this normal? I can't find the numbers anywhere; they just don't add up.

Anthony Turtzo wrote:
I can't find the numbers anywhere; they just don't add up.
My guess is that you have added up the sizes of the folders visible in Finder at the root level of the drive (Applications, Library, System, & Users) & compared that total to the total space used on the drive. The two numbers will not match because there are also hidden files & folders at the root level of the drive that Finder does not normally show. The hidden items are necessary for the proper operation of the Mac & in normal use are managed by the system. Since users should not tamper with them directly without good reason & it requires expert knowledge to do so without breaking anything, they have been made invisible in the Finder view.
It is normal for the drive space used by these items to fluctuate, & for the total to grow somewhat after first installing the OS. Some of the items contain temporary files that are created & destroyed as needed. Some contain usage, crash, & other informational logs that are managed by routines that the system automatically runs periodically to keep their total from becoming too large. Others contain initialization data gathered over time that the system uses to start up or to run processes efficiently.
Thus, there is no fixed correct number for their total size since that depends on the history & current state of the machine. On my iMac G5, one large hidden folder ("var") currently uses about 1.05 GB of drive space, but consider that only a ballpark number since it may be considerably different on different Macs at different times.
If you are still concerned about the health of the drive, especially that something is eating up disk space unnecessarily, then run Disk Utility to check it. In the "First Aid" tab select your drive & click the "Verify Disk" button. If this reports no problems then you can be pretty sure there is nothing to worry about.

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Since then I've been downloading regular Security updates as they were prompted until the OS reached v.10.5.5 but the whole thing was gradually getting slower too so I figured I would reinstall Leopard and take it back to v.10.5.1 to see if it was back to the high speed it had when I originally installed Leopard v.10.5.1.
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Thank you for your help.
When I deleted the Previous Systems file it was about 7 months after the Leopard installation.
You are right, I did do an Archive and Install in order to maintain all my info from v10.4.9.
The problem I encountered after I deleted the Previous Systems file was I then did a Secure Empty Trash and as it was emptying it was showing over 200,000 items and still upticking and that worried me that I had done the wrong thing by deleting the Previous Systems file.
So I stopped the Emptying process, and did a restart, thinking my HD space may be restored if the file was indeed possible to be deleted.
When it restarted that time, instead of the usual boot up process, there was a small flashing square box in the centre of a grey background, the small box had a blue earth in it and that went on flashing for maybe 20 minutes.
It eventually booted up and so I went to the trash, where the now presumably slightly diminished Previous Systems file was, and I dragged that file back into the HD and re-started the machine.
The world sign again flashed on, but this time for maybe only 10 minutes before it booted OK.
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But I do notice a definite increase in speed using 10.5.1 compared to 10.5.5. Those Security Updates have dragged it down badly.
Now that you have explained that the Previous Systems file may be safely deleted then I will try that again and let it run its course this time.
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Morning all,
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# svn completion
have svn &&
_svn()
local cur prev commands options command
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
commands='add blame praise annotate ann cat checkout co cleanup commit \
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info list ls lock log merge mkdir move mv rename ren \
propdel pdel pd propedit pedit pe propget pget pg \
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else
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- $cur ) )
fi
else
prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
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--config-dir)
_filedir -d
return 0;
-@(F|-file|-targets))
_filedir
return 0;
--encoding)
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W \
'$( iconv --list | sed -e "s@//@@;" )' \
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--@(editor|diff|diff3)-cmd)
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_command
return 0;
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case $command in
add)
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--force --targets --no-ignore \
--non-recursive -N -q --quiet'
@(blame|annotate|ann|praise))
options='-r --revisions --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive -v \
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cat)
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--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(checkout|co))
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--non-recursive --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive \
--ignore-externals'
cleanup)
options='--diff3-cmd'
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--encoding --force-log -q \
--quiet --non-recursive -N \
--targets --editor-cmd \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive --no-unlock'
@(copy|cp))
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--encoding --force-log -r \
--revision -q --quiet \
--editor-cmd -username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(delete|del|remove|rm))
options='--force -m --message -F \
--file --encoding --force-log \
-q --quiet --targets \
--editor-cmd -username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(diff|di))
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--diff-cmd --no-diff-deleted \
-N --non-recursive --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive --force \
--old --new --notice-ancestry'
export)
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--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive -N \
--non-recursive --force \
--native-eol --ignore-externals'
import)
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-m --message -F --file \
--encoding --force-log -q \
--quiet --non-recursive \
--no-ignore --editor-cmd \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
info)
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--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive -r \
--revision --xml --targets \
-R --recursive --incremental'
@(list|ls))
options='-r --revision -v --verbose -R \
--recursive --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive \
--incremental --xml'
lock)
options='-m --message -F --file \
--encoding --force-log \
--targets --force --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
log)
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--targets --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive \
--stop-on-copy --incremental \
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merge)
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--non-recursive -q --quiet \
--force --dry-run --diff3-cmd \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive \
--ignore-ancestry'
mkdir)
options='-m --message -F --file \
--encoding --force-log -q \
--quiet --editor-cmd \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(move|mv|rename|ren))
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--encoding --force-log -r \
--revision -q --quiet \
--force --editor-cmd \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(propdel|pdel|pd))
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--revision --revprop \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(propedit|pedit|pe))
options='-r --revision --revprop \
--encoding --editor-cmd \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive --force'
@(propget|pget|pg))
options='-R --recursive -r --revision \
--revprop --strict --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
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options='-v --verbose -R --recursive \
-r --revision --revprop -q \
--quiet --username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(propset|pset|ps))
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--targets -R --recursive \
--revprop --encoding \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
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resolved)
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--quiet'
@(status|stat|st))
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--verbose -N --non-recursive \
-q --quiet --username \
--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive --no-ignore \
--ignore-externals \
--incremental --xml'
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--non-recursive -q --quiet \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive --diff3-cmd'
unlock)
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--password --no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive'
@(update|up))
options='-r --revision -N \
--non-recursive -q --quiet \
--username --password \
--no-auth-cache \
--non-interactive \
--diff3-cmd --ignore-externals'
esac
options="$options --help -h --config-dir"
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$options" -- $cur ) )
else
if [[ "$command" == @(help|h|\?) ]]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- $cur ) )
else
_filedir
fi
fi
fi
return 0
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_svnadmin()
local cur prev commands options mode
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
commands='create deltify dump help ? hotcopy list-dblogs \
list-unused-dblogs load lslocks lstxns recover rmlocks \
rmtxns setlog verify'
if [[ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]] ; then
if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--version' -- $cur ) )
else
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- $cur ) )
fi
else
prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
case $prev in
--config-dir)
_filedir -d
return 0;
--fs-type)
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'fsfs bdb' -- $cur ) )
return 0;
esac
command=${COMP_WORDS[1]}
if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
# possible options for the command
case $command in
create)
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--bdb-log-keep --config-dir \
--fs-type'
deltify)
options='-r --revision -q --quiet'
dump)
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-q --quiet --deltas'
hotcopy)
options='--clean-logs'
load)
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--parent-dir -q --quiet \
--use-pre-commit-hook \
--use-post-commit-hook'
rmtxns)
options='-q --quiet'
setlog)
options='-r --revision --bypass-hooks'
esac
options="$options --help -h"
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$options" -- $cur ) )
else
if [[ "$command" == @(help|h|\?) ]]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- $cur ) )
else
_filedir
fi
fi
fi
return 0
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_svnlook()
local cur prev commands options mode
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
commands='author cat changed date diff dirs-changed help ? h history \
info lock log propget pget pg proplist plist pl tree uuid \
youngest'
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if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--version' -- $cur ) )
else
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- $cur ) )
fi
else
command=${COMP_WORDS[1]}
if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
# possible options for the command
case $command in
@(author|cat|date|dirs-changed|info|log))
options='-r --revision -t \
--transaction'
changed)
options='-r --revision -t \
--transaction --copy-info'
diff)
options='-r --revision -t \
--transaction \
--no-diff-deleted \
--no-diff-added \
--diff-copy-from'
history)
options='-r --revision --show-ids'
prop@(get|list))
options='-r --revision -t \
--transaction --revprop'
tree)
options='-r --revision -t \
--transaction --show-ids \
--full-paths'
esac
options="$options --help -h"
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$options" -- $cur ) )
else
if [[ "$command" == @(help|h|\?) ]]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- $cur ) )
else
_filedir
fi
fi
fi
return 0
complete -F _svnlook $default svnlook
Hope this helps.
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Does anyone know how to solve this one?
Thanks in advance

No idiot, this isn't a usual issue and without evoking hidden files would probably have never found it.
Yes, you can safely delete the sleepimage file. It should only save what you have in memory at the time your Mac sleeps but must have gotten corrupted at some point. Your Mac will create a new sleepimage file, which hopefully will not behave the same way.
EDIT: Found this also...
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_remove_diskhogging_sleepimage_file_you r_mac

Lost disk space after each reinstall.

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