HD full but few files visible

Hello all,
I've recently decided to switch off FileVault in order to allow Time Machine to be used to its fullest, but found that I needed to free up about 80GB on my laptop's HD first.
I did this by moving my iTunes folder from Music to an external HDD. I also did the same with my iPhoto Library.
When the FileVault process was finished I attempted to copy the folders back to my computer to no avail. I also tried to import the library into iTunes, but while this appeared to work, and I was able to manipulate iTunes for the period it was still open, once I shut down and restarted there was nothing there.
The photos are fine, but there's no music anywhere to be seen no matter where on my computer I look. Despite this my HD is now full to the level I'd expected it to be at.
I erased the free space on my HD as I thought there may be some errors, but it hasn't helped.
Any clues? I'm lost.
Thanks,
James

I have no idea what you are looking at, except it is hidden because of the name. However, you can probably open it to examine the contents using the Finder's Go menu, select "Go to Folder..." and then type in the path to the folder. If it is directly in the Users folder, you would type in:
/Users/.de0022.002
Then press the Go button. If it truly is a folder (and with that strange name I'm not sure that it is) it should open and you can decide what to do with the contents.
Francine
Francine
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