Missing hard disk space after sims 3 force quit

Hi, I failed to notice I had to update to the latest version of Leopard to install the game with the result that the installer got stuck repeatedly half way through and I could only force quit the installer.
The downside to this is that I did this twice and now I'm missing around 7 gigs of hard disk space....anyone know where I can find the files to delete or how I can regain that space?

DiskWarrior, as suggests nerowolfe, won't hurt for sure. It will repair damages done to files and the directory.
Maybe you could spot where the problem files are with this freeware, Disk Inventory X. You probably could identify files that are related to the game that are left on the hard drive. Did you do a Spotlight search to see if there any left?
And I'm also wondering if it wouldn't help to clean out all the caches in case there are temp files stuck in there? Download MainMenu and use it to clean out all the caches like so:
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For the system cache clean up, choose +Deep Clean+. You will need to restart after the caches have been cleared.
Report back to let us know how it goes. Good luck!

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