Where's My Disc Space?

Hey Guys...
I have an 80 GB hard drive on my MBP. According to the "Get Info" feature, I have used 67.85 GB and have 6.36 GB available. However, I have no idea how I could possibly be using this much space. I have checked all my little folders using the "Get Info" feature, and the run down goes like this:
Desktop: 28 KB
bradholland (my username): 15.13 GB
Applications: 5.32 GB
Documents: 226.3 MB
Movies: 0 KB
Music: 10.57 GB
Pictures: 2.8 MB
According to this, I should be using a little over 15 GB, give or take a few. However, I'm using 67.85. How can this be?
I have Final Cut Studio installed, and I thought it took up to 30 GB or so, but I can't even seem to find that, and even so, it still looks like I'm using much more than I should be.
Hopefully that makes enough sense for everyone to understand me. What gives?

The System and Library can eat up 10+GB plus there are the hidden directories needed by OS X that take a few more.
Temp files, caches, logs.
Having only 10% free might be a problem of its own, or lead to serious problems for the disk directory.
WhatSize helps but won't show what is under the /Volumes/ directory which shouldn't be more than 8k but can by accident be holding more, like the contents of a disk drive that didn't mount properly. omnidisksweeper gives you another view of your hard drive space.

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Boot from your install disc and check the startup disk for errors.
Insert Install disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
*(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)*
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
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Select your start up disk and click Restart
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I recently just realised that i am running out of hard disc space but i cannot understand why. My disc is 150gb and i have 20gb free. when i select my hard disc and check info it says i have used 92gb, but when i go through and check each individual folder on my disk the total only comes to 24gb (all apps, library, music, video, system, users etc).
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When you use the Get Info command on a folder, invisible files are not included in the total. But they are included in the Get Info sums for the hard disk.
Disk Inventory X (free) will show the size of those invisible files as well. There is also WhatSize (formerly free, not $13 shareware).
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BNK12 wrote:
So somewhere I have between 450 - 500 GB's taking up my disk space?
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I have a recording of a play from my local amateur dramatic society. I have successfully burnt to a DVD-RW complete with menus and photograph gallery. When I insert a DVD-R it tells me there is insufficient disc space. The project is 4.38 Gb and Disc Utility tells me that the DVD has 4.7 Gb free. My hard disc has 826.96 Gb free. I have successfully written to other discs from this spindle in the past. I've tried two discs with the same result.
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