Archive utility lost a file

Hello,
I asked the archive utility to un-tarbz2 a library, which was quite large (more than 160 Mb) but I only had about 90 Mb of free space.
After ending the utility it printed: "foo.folder no such file or directory".
Afterwards the 90 Mb of free space on the hard disk had disappeared, even after a reboot.
What can i do to free the space to which the files where unarchived? I do not care about recovering them.
Have a nice day.
PS: I now have about 180 Mb of free space on HD.

Can you find any of the files using spotlight? If so, drag them to the trash.
Whatever you do, empty the trash. Files aren't gone from your computer until you empty the trash.
Get some files off your computer *as soon as possible* or we'll be seeing you posting here in a day or two asking about what to do because your computer won't start. Seriously, as BDaqua observes having that little free space is asking for major file corruption to the extent that all files on your computer may become unrecoverable. It is a lot cheaper to spend $100 on an external drive right now than $100-$400 for the software and/or hardware that would take to recover your drive (if that could even be done). You should try to clear at least 6 GB if not 10 GB, and keep it that way.

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