I need to see whats taking so much space my HDD is full and dont see of what

my HDD is full and dont see big files at all pls help i want to delete stuff but the stuff that i have does not have big files at all. there must be folder some where that i cant see them

Emptying the trash, does indeed empty the trash can, this is usually the first step.
You can always run a analysis of space. ex
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7402/omnidisksweeper
http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/
Hope this solves your problem
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