"Other" eating up my disk space

I have a 30G iPod. When connected my computer, I see that the capacity is eaten up by "other." I only have about 3G of audio on my iPod, but about 18G is "other." I only have about 8G of free space left on my iPod. I ONLY use my iPod for music, so to the best of my knowledge, that's all that I have on it. I don't have pictures or video or anything else on it (at least I don't think so).
How can I determine what this "other" content is and how can I delete it? All help will be greatly appreciated!
Compaq Windows XP

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Is everything on your iPod in iTunes? If so, restore your iPod...
Restore iPod
And then resync it with the computer to put all of your music back on it.
Sometimes the file that tells the iPod where to look on its HD for the music becomes corrupt. You may not notice because iTunes will resync all of your music again, but those files will still be on your iPod taking place. There are other possible explanations as well.
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