HD and External HD: Available Space Mysteriously Disappears

Hi, everyone:
I have a G4 PowerPC with OX 10.4.6 and 76GB of HD space. I have attached a LaCie 500 GB external HD via firewire. I know I have 34 GB of free space on my HD and 435 GB free on my external HD because as recently as yesterday this is what the GET INFO read and also what I can see is available based on the directories info.
My problem: today I opened up both drives. According to GET INFO, I had less than 4 GB on my HD and less than 5 GB on my external HD. I use Final Cut Pro and capture DV video. I now cannot capture anything because I don't have enough space...which is not true, because I do have the space.
What is this problem due to? I do not want to erase my disks, I have already done this with the LaCie and the problem persists. Any recommendations?

Hello Again! Any time you're running apps like Photoshop or FinalCut they create temporary files that are files temporarily written to the hard drive. Usually they will clear themselves after a restart. Panther would clear them if the computer was left on all night as part of the regular maintenance routines and Tiger 10.4 does this automatically. Try restarting the computer and then run the repair permissions routine in DiskUtility and then restart again. Tom

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