Firstly, there is nothing to be confused about this post...its plain and simple.
Secondly, WoodyZ, i apologize for the linkup between the problems..it was out of mere frustration.
Aneways, coming to the point, i've tried this tool called TREESIZE but in vain.
Even these tools don't ascertain anything.
At this point of time, VMware had already consumed about 17GB of space -
Finally, after Rebooting....voila