/Volume/ExternalHD2/ shows actual contents of ejected external HD

I have an external firewire HD connected with 3 partitions (lets call them EXT1, EXT2 EXT3). I CCC my MacBook Pro HD (lets call it MBPHD) to EXT2. I frequently eject the external drives (EXT*) (as a group) to take away my MacBook Pro, with no problems.
After doing maintenance today, and with the EXT* NOT mounted, I noticed I lost about 10g of free space on my MBPHD. Upon revealing hidden folders and looking at sizes, I noticed /Volumes/ directory had my MBPHD alias (normal) but also had an directory with the same name as my EXT2 volume - but its not an alias - it actually has about 10g of files on it! The real EXT2 has more than 10g - so this is puzzling.
Now before I delete EXT2 under the /Volumes directory, I would like some input about this. Is it ok to delete this? Any ideas how this happened (I used a util called "Spotless 2" to turn off Spotlight search on this EXT2 partition. That's all I can think of).
Also - when I now reattach the EXT* drive, it mounts EXT1 and EXT3 normally, and shows the alias fine in the /Volumes, but EXT2 is aliased as "EXT2 1"
* Last minute update:
I think I'm getting a picture of what's going on - so maybe this isn't the right forum! I think CCC (I'm running a task right now) is copying to the /Volume folder, instead of the EXT2 drive! Oh well. Any input is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
AsiaJason

You are correct about what went wrong: when a backup fails it sometimes proceeds to write to the startup drive itself, in the /Volumes folder. With the external disconnected, open the /Volumes folder and remove anything that is NOT an alias. Then connect the external drive and verify that it mounts correctly, with the correct aliases in the /Volumes folder. Then try CCC again and see if it works. BTW, did you check their web site to make sure you have the latest version, and that it is compatible with Leopard?
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