2 x 18Gig Folders and 120Gig External HDD is full!

Hi, I'm using a LACie 120Gig external Hard disk to backup my Parallels stuff using Firewire 800 (Time machine would be running 24hrs a day to back this up to my Time Capsule so I have it excluded). I have backed up twice with each backup being near 20Gig so should have about 60Gig free.
"Get Info" tells me that the hard disk has 93.12Gig used and only 18.35Gig free!
The hard disk is formatted as Mac OS Extended (case-sensitive, journaled).
Any help as to what is using the other 60Gig or so and how I can free it up?
rgds McDirt

Use [Omni Disk Sweep|http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper> to sweep the disk and see what files are taking up all your space.
Good Luck

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