Missing HD space after installing Leopard

I have a used 17" iMac with a 160gb HD.I just installed Leopard about a week ago and backed up all my files and programs, but didn't delete anything. Before I installed Leopard I was able to hold 60+GB of music along with all my other files with spare room. I then installed Leopard, put everything back on, and accidentally copied some files multiple times and and my Hard Drive was full. I deleted all the extra files but now only have 5.09 GB free space while only being able to hold less than half my music, fewer Applications and fewer files. I've emptied my trash and used Whatsize and the numbers still don't add up. Any ideas?

How did you do the upgrade? If you used +Archive and Install+ option with the Mac OS X Installer, your old system is retained and put into a folder called +Previous Systems+ (at the root level), so that may account for the loss of space.
A typical Leopard installation can take up about 3 more GBs of space than a typical Tiger installation. How much space do you feel is not accounted for?

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