Differing info on hard disk?

This is the info I get from Disk Utility.
While this is the info I get when I go a 'Get Info' for the same disk.
Is the difference due to the recovery partition?

OK after cloning the hard drive which got the used and free space to agree, I then noticed that discrepancies were happening again?! So I did some research and it appears it is due to Time Machine.
I found this info:
"You may notice a difference in available space statistics between Disk Utility, Finder, and Get Info inspectors. This is expected and can be safely ignored. The Finder displays the available space on the disk without accounting for the local snapshots, because local snapshots will surrender their disk space if needed."
If I do an "About this Mac" and then click on storage I get this:
Notice the "Purple Backups" which is sitting at 1.88 GB which is the discrepancy between what I now see in the "Get Info" and the "Disk Utility" information. It not accounted for in the "Finder" as if the space is needed it is given up, it only shows up in "Disk Utility"! So my mystery is solved, I think, well at any rate I know what is happening now and I can keep an eye on it.

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thats the problem, its in MSDos (Fat) or NTFS for Windows.
Options.....
1. offload all that data on the HD onto your PC, THEN format the HD in EXFAT for use on BOTH PC and Mac for read/write.....then reload all (or as you need) that data back onto the HD
2. get another HD, and format it for Mac OSX extended journaled.
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NTFS (Windows NT File System)
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AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
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HFS+ ((((MAC FORMAT))) (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Don't use case-sensitive)
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Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! backups of Mac internal hard drive.
To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
Maximum file size: 8EiB
Maximum volume size: 8EiB
You can use this format if you only use the drive with Mac OS X, or use it for backups of your Mac OS X internal drive, or if you only share it with one Windows PC (with MacDrive installed on the PC)
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Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
Not all Windows versions support exFAT.
exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
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Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB
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solved by posting elsewhere....
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7316301#7316301

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a) user may have selected to upload files with different size to several folders and once the hard disk space
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b) user may continue selecting files for upload although his/her disk space in OneDrive has exceeded the limit
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Hi,
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http://social.answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive
Don
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