10.5.1 takes about 36GB of disk space

Hi there,
Since the upgrade I've noticed that my total available disk space has decreased from about 38 GBs to 1.08 GBs. My iDisk space has reduced from about 8 GBs to 1.03GBs.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Anyone got any ideas how I can get my disk space back other than do a clean install to 10.5.0?
Your advice would be much appreciated.
Stephen

Download Baseline 1.0 from http://www.mildmanneredindustries.com/baseline/ . It shows the size of every folder that it has permission to enter. For complete results, enable the root user, log in as the root user, and then run the program. That approach lets you see everything.
There is a long thread about this topic in the Tips & Hints section of www.macfixitforums.com . It will show you where people often find unexpectedly large files.

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Welcome To  Discussions mfidelman!
What were you backing up, and what method were you using?
"...the disk went from 15G of 55G used to 52G used)."
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Jack...
"I looked inside the Domain.sites bundle, and the contents look comparable to the contents of a new empty Domain.sites bundle; I can't really see anything that's obviously missing."
- if you've looked inside the old domain file and don't see and recognize files from the site you created, then yeah, your hosed. Just make sure you're looking inside the old file, and comparing it to the new.
1: Is there any way I can recover this Domain.sites bundle, or should I just call it a lost cause?
- if it's as you say.. it's a lost cause.
2: If I start from scratch with a new Domain.sites bundle, when I create new sites and publish them to the same .mac account, will that wipe out what I've already put up there?
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