120GB iPod Classic space issues.....

Hey all,
One of the main reasons I purchased an iPod Classic was that I could store all my large files safely on it. With that, I cannot put any files (outside of media from iTunes) on it, even though iTunes says it has 81.77GB free space. Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

How big are these files and do you use Windows?
If you use your iPod as a disk with a Windows PC, bear in mind that the FAT32 file system can only accommodate files that are smaller than 4GB. No matter how much free space there is on your iPod, you can't copy files that are larger than that.
Also worth bearing in mind is that the iPod is not reliable enough to use it as a long term storage device, and these forums are littered with posts from people who decided to use it as such and ended up losing all their data.

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