Missing disk space and deleting "previous systems"

Hmm.... I have an 80G hard disk on a 2006 Macbook intel core duo and cannot load any more updates / applications because MAC OS tells me the disk is nearly full (2G spare). However, I can only find 40G of stuff on there including all the big ones such as music, movies, photos, docs, apps, system, previous systems and library.
1 - is there anything I need to do (other than delete stuff) to find or free up the space?
2 - my previous systems folder is 10G - can I delete this without causing damage?
Any thoughts appreciated!
Andrew.
Message was edited by: Andrewjohnstalker

Hi Andrew;
The Previous System folder was created when you did an Archive & Install some time in the past. If everything is working correctly since the A&I then you can delete the Previous System folder.
Running your system with only 2 GB of free space greatly increases the chances for file corruption. I would suggest that you boot form the install media and repair the the system disk with disk Utility.
Allan

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