Weird situation, disappearing disk space while using only few applications

Hello
I got a weird warning when I had about 20gb of disk space available that my start up disk was empty and that I had to force quit Firefox, Finder and itunes.
I restarted the computer and once again there was approximately 20 gb left of disk space again, but looking at it, it started disappearing quickly all the way until I got the same warning. This time the applications I was using were Firefox, Ical, Mail and my widgets.
I restarted the computer once again and the 20gb were there again.
Anyone help me or have a clue what's going on?
Thanks!!!

Hey Chris. that is happening to me too! I was using iTunes last night to update my iPad. First when I booted up, it gave me a "no camera detected" error (never happened before), then it says I had no free disk space as it tried to backup my iPad. I checked the hard disk and it said I had zero KB's available. So I deleted or moved a bunch of videos, pics, and files off of the computer and got it to have 13 GB's free on the hard drive. Then I rebooted and tried again. Same errors, showing 13 GB free at first but during iPad syncing, it fails saying that I have not enough free disk space and then I check it and its says I have zero space left. Shut down and restart, and I have 13 GB's free again. Its maddening and I dont know whats going on! I was afraid my hard drive is gonna fail! If anyone else can help us, or Chris if you found out what was happening, please let me know! I have an older model MacBook Pro from about 2005. it has been slow lately but otherwise working fine! Please help! Thanks! Tom

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