Used disk space not showing up in finder

A friend has asked me to look into his external hard drive issue.
He got it back from a store that backed up his start-up drive to this external the other day to discover that there isn't any visible files on the drive. It does state that there is 100 gigs being used on the drive, the exact size of his back up, but there isn't one file or folder on the drive.
I've used tinkertools to see if there was any hidden files with no luck and I've also repaired and verified the permission.
Does anyone know why this is happening? I don't want to simply re-format without a clue why the 100 gigs isn't showing.

Hi Eric,
Please refer the following HP article to expand your array , refer the TechNet article to expand your drive:
HP Proliant Servers - How to Expand an Array and Extend the Logical Drive
http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/mostViewedDisplay/?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03510253-1%257CdocLocale%253Den_US&javax.portlet.tpst=efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01&sp4ts.oid=4231377&ac.admitted=1411638027623.876444892.199480143
TechNet article:
Extend System/Boot Volume on Windows Server 2008/ Windows Vista/Win7 Beta
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mghazai/archive/2009/02/24/extend-system-boot-volume-on-windows-server-2008-windows-vista-win7-beta.aspx
Extend a simple or spanned volume
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776741.aspx
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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Hi Eric,
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http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/mostViewedDisplay/?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c03510253-1%257CdocLocale%253Den_US&javax.portlet.tpst=efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01&sp4ts.oid=4231377&ac.admitted=1411638027623.876444892.199480143
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