Missing HD space on 17" MBP?

I bought my MBP with 120GB disk drive. I want to be able to run a Windows XP partition. So, I set the machine up in my office, and used the "Migration Assistant" to migrate apps over from my G5 tower. Here's what the "size" list looks like after the migration:
Applications: 10.56GB
Library: 12GB
System: 1.74GB
User Guides... 4KB
Users 1.11GB
All that adds up to ~25GB of used space. HOWEVER, at the bottom of the window, it says: "5 items, 21.07 GB available."
Now I know that the "120GB" only amounts to ~111GB of physical space. But still, that should leave me with ~86GB of free space? Where's the missing 60 GB?
I downloaded OmniDiskSweeper, which is supposed to tell me where everything is on my HD, but it only accounts for 28.9GB of used space. Where's the rest being consumed?
I took my MBP to the Palo Alto Apple Store "Genius Bar" yesterday, and was told that I needed to restore my system from the backup disks supplied, and that my problem was happening in migration. What was it, and how can I clean it out?
HELP!!!

I bought my MBP with 120GB disk drive. I want to be
able to run a Windows XP partition. So, I set the
machine up in my office, and used the "Migration
Assistant" to migrate apps over from my G5 tower.
Here's what the "size" list looks like after the
migration:
Applications: 10.56GB
Library: 12GB
System: 1.74GB
User Guides... 4KB
Users 1.11GB
All that adds up to ~25GB of used space. HOWEVER, at
the bottom of the window, it says: "5 items, 21.07 GB
available."
Now I know that the "120GB" only amounts to ~111GB of
physical space. But still, that should leave me with
~86GB of free space? Where's the missing 60 GB?
I downloaded OmniDiskSweeper, which is supposed to
tell me where everything is on my HD, but it only
accounts for 28.9GB of used space. Where's the rest
being consumed?
I took my MBP to the Palo Alto Apple Store "Genius
Bar" yesterday, and was told that I needed to restore
my system from the backup disks supplied, and that my
problem was happening in migration. What was it, and
how can I clean it out?
HELP
I wound up solving the problem by avoiding the Migration Assistant after system rebuild. So I started with a virgin disk, re-installed the OS, and then, instead of "migrating" from my G5 to the MBP, I just dragged apps and docs from the G5 over through the FireWire connection. Some programs I had to re-install anew on the MBP, but now I have ~90GB of free space, instead of 21GB. Much better? I think so.

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