Wrong Hard Disc Drive size

Hello everyone,
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro (2,3GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD, OS 10.8.3).
I recently learned that the remaining capacity on my internal HDD is not shown in the right way:
If I open the HDD with "preview" (spacebar) or the utility "activity" I am told that 45,55GB remain. However, if I use the information window (cmd+i) it says that 158,77GB remain. In both cases the overall capacity is shown as the correct 320GB.
I do think that 158GB is the real remaining size, since I deleted some large files the other day. I did have the problem before deleting the file, though the difference was only 40GB and not 110GB.
I tried to restart the machine and I also tried a time machine backup - neither did work.
I hope someone here can help me
Regards
Thadeus1991

THe difference is almost certainly to to Time Machine local snapshots.
In fact, if you recently deleted very large files, then they have been snapshotted (just in case).  Unfortunately, not every tool and utility deal with snapshots in the same way - some count them against free space (because they are deleted if the space is needed) and some against used space (because they are actual files).
You can go to the Apple menu, choose "About This Mac" and then "More Info...", and then choose the "Storage" tab to see the size of your local backups (and all other file categories...although many of those aren't particularly insightful in terms of the info they give you).

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