Archived&Installed - Where did my free space go?

So, after countless problems with 10.5.7, i lost my patience and had to go back to 10.5.6, by way of archiving&installing...
Thing is, prior to reverting (i am glad i did, works smooth now!), i had around 35gb free, right after archiving and installing i had 16gb, and now after backing up and deleting the previous system folder i have 25gb...
Where did those 10gb go??

scolfaro wrote:
thanks for the quick reply nerowolfe, however, i have already deleted that folder and i still miss something between 5-10gb of space... is there any possibility that the a&i might have left some loose ends around my hd? any reason, or cause for anything like this?
It's possible.
There are some apps you can DL such as "whatsize" to find out where the space is going.
If you were having some problems, then some of the system log files might be very large.
thank you for the tip with the time machine, i guess im going to start using it...
Yes, it costs next to nothing and sometimes is a lifesaver; certainly a timesaver.
Another trick is to clone your HD before installing the update and install the update on the clone. That way if it does not work, you only lose the clone.
Did you use the manual download for the 10.5.7 update? I, and others, have found the autoupdate to be problematic at times.

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