Weird Problem in New MacBook

Just transferred my system from Ibook to MacBook. Used Migration, for files and settings, not applications.
"Space Used" info in Hard Drive states 30G. Total of all folders in Hard Drive listed in Finder states only 20G when they are totaled. Big difference!
Took it it to Genius Bar, no answer after he carefully went thru the system, no duplicate files, HD verifies fine, permissions fine etc.. On my own, I looked thru "Invisible Files", nothing to account for discrepancy. I forced emptied the Trashes, still no answer. Advice was to leave it, as the computer works fine and I will. But it's a puzzle. 10G is a LOT of unaccounted space.
Only thing I can think of: in Ibook I used Shredit a few times to shred empty space in HD. Last time I stopped it in mid-stream. It noted a file was left on root of HD that I could delete or return to. Around the same period. When it transferred to the MacBook I deleted it. In ibook around the same period, I could no longer do a HD Repair in Disk Utility, errors were shown. However, system functioned fine, so it was odd but did not effect anything. I thought this had some bearing on the MacBook space discrepancy. On the other hand, there never was such a discrepancy on the Ibook. So, maybe not.
Only other point of note: it took 3 Migrations to get all my data transferred. With a support tech, I deleted all folders listed as "Old Mac 2", "Old Mac", etc., from the multiple migrations.
Two migrations were mostly 0 size anyway.
Any ideas on this odd situation?

You can get rid of any extra printer drivers in those folders, just make sure you keep the ones for the printer(s) you use.
And yes, the sleep image is supposed to be the same size as your RAM--and you don't want to go deleting that! Also, don't go deleting the swapfiles.
If you have items in the Private>var>log folder, those can be deleted without causing issues.
Hopefully that helps clear things up!
~Lyssa

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