Missing Disk Space After Cancelled Compressor Queue

I am running 3.5.3, with FCP7. Yesterday, cancelled a queue, and deleted the files it created (I messed up the format). However, I have just noticed that I am missing about 40GB on my external drive, and 15GB on my Macintosh HD drive. I suspect that Compressor created somekind of hidden/temp file, because the computer was not used for anything else since this happened. The difference between 'Summary Info' of the entire drive, and 'Get Info' on the drive itself is how I know some kind of hidden file is taking up this space. I cannot find any answer to this problem online.
Does anyone know how to solve this?
Thanks!

I had a friend that used to work as an Apple Genius take a look. Apparently, Compressor triggered Time Machine to activate a Mobile Backup of my external drive, which created a backup of the compressor files I deleted and then did not delete itself.
It was in a hidden folder ".MobileBackups" on the drive, and did not show it's real file size. (Apprently, if you do not have permissions to view/open a folder it may not reveal its actual file size via 'Get Info'). He was able to find it through Terminal and delete it. However, my understanding is that if you made the hidden folders visible and dragged it to the trash it would have the same affect. He also said most Apple Geniuses would not have been able to find this, and would have reformatted the drive.
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