FCP5 sees my 2TB drive as full when it is only half full. Why?

Log and capture sees my 2tb external drive as only having 1.9gb of space yet, when I check "Get Info" it says there is 886+gb of space available. The drive is not partitioned. What might be the problem?

When FCP begins to act in unexpected ways, the usual first step it to trash your FCP Preferences. You are using FCP5?
http://www.larryjordan.biz/tips/tip83.html
You can download (free) Preference Manger from Digital Rebellion to do it for you. After trashing your preferences, the next time you start FCP it will reset them all to default. If you choose to download Preference Manager, make sure you download the correct version for your OS.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
MtD

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