Problem with WD 1 TB external hard drive

i recently bought a 1 TB My Book for my 2007 Mac that runs Tiger. when i connected it i went through the software installation. i then had to restart my computer. when i restarted it, all of my applications & internet browsers were wiped clean and set to factory settings. i was able to retrieve my files in the folders, but 2 things. 1: I lost about 75 gigs of space on my computer, and i've searched all folders to try and find if something was duplicated. 2: when i readded my photos to iPhoto and my music to iTunes, it doubled/tripled/quadrupled some of the files. i thought by deleting those duplicates, that space would free up, but that was not the case. Any ideas?

when i connected it i went through the software installation.
I'm not sure what software would be needed to use an external drive. A standard external drive just works with the built-in Mac OS X software.
Not sure exactly what caused the problem, but it is sounds like
when i restarted it, all of my applications & internet browsers were wiped clean and set to factory settings.
you may be in a new user account. If you log out, on the Login Screen, do you see more than the accounts you had previously, or more than one if you previously had just one?
i was able to retrieve my files in the folders
Where were your files located? Depending on the situation, dragging the dropping files using Finder may do a copy instead of a move. Also, if you drag media files to the iTunes window, iTunes may make a copy to put into the +iTunes Media+ folder while keeping the original files too; depends on how iTunes is set up in its preferences.

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