Hidden Hard Drive Files?

I re-installed OS-X because of a screen freeze. It is back up. I did not ask it to install by erasing. It didnt. Using disk utility I see that my hard drive (232.9 GB) still only has 6.1GB left. BUT I cannot get these files. I have found a few odd things. Old music files...old photobooth pics, but my itunes library, my iphoto pics and importantly the iweb folders i have saved ...can't access.

Did you do an archive and install? If so the old system is still there. Also 6.1GB is not enough free space on the drive. 10Gb is the minimum free space you want to have.
If the old system is still on there and you don't need it then you need to trash it.
Before doing anything perhaps you should read the imformation here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545?viewlocale=en_US
And here:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/archiveinstall.html

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