Incorrect Available Space Value

On the desktop, i have my Macintosh HD, and underneath, i have the amount of total disk space and amount of available disk space - this is seperated by '...'. The amount of total disk space is correct, 148.73GB, but the amount of space left is incorrect - .01GB (this is shown on the desktop). When i click get info, it says that i have 129.63GB available.
How do i correct this - make it show the correct values on my desktop.
PS - when i insert my flash drive, it has the correct amount of total and available space, just not the HD.

sorry, i know what was wrong, there wasnt enough room to display all the space (available and total), so it just covered the amount of space with '...'. it was displaying the right information, just covering it.

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