Free space displaying incorrectly on Desktop

On Mac OSX 10.6.1 :
After having activated "Show item info" Finder option for Desktop, the hard disk item info is displaying "499,76 GB free", which is the total amount of disk space, not the free disk space amount.
Tried to refresh, to reboot, to ... for weeks. Did not change anything.
By the way, I tried to file this bug on https://bugreport.apple.com, but what the **** do they expect in "Component" field ?!?!?!? nothing worked !
Thanks everyone for your help !

Entries in "get info" are correct (229Gb free).
HD label on Desktop is incorrect (499Gb free).
See pictures :
- Get info : http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/5711/screenshot20091005at161.png
- Desktop label : http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/5711/screenshot20091005at161.png

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