24G of invisible files: is this normal?

I have a 30G and an 80G hard drive, both of which tell me they're full. When I add up all the files I can find, the total is far, far less than what Get Info is indicating. What is eating up my storage space, and how do I find and eliminate it?
Thanks for the help. I'm at the end of my rope.

triangleacres, welcome to Apple Discussions.
Look at these links.
Where did my disk space go?
http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum38&Number=770243
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
Increase HD Free Space
http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/275191-how-easily-increase-hd-free-space-lap top.html
 Cheers, Tom

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