HELP 175 gb of other on hard drive

Hi I seem to have 175 gb unaccounted for i cant find anything that could take up that much space i am running an intel mac on lion i keep all my photos and itunes on seperate drives so the mac does the grunt work the only thing on the mac is video for imovie does anyone have any idea what this 175 gb OTHER is and how do i get rid of it.going by my sums i should have 370 odd gb free
Many thanks in advance
Craig

Here are some links to get you started:
SMART HD UTILITY
http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php
Kernel Panics
Where  did  my  Disk  Space  go?
http://macmost.com/what-to-do-when-your-hard-drive-is-full.html
This is a great maintenance utility:
OnyX for Mac
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
http://helpdesk.hsc.unt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Mac-OS-X-10.6-run-OnyX.pd f

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