Capacity indicator for iPod in iTunes:

With iTunes open and my iPod connected, when I select Devices: What in the world is the "Other" (Orange bar) showing in my iPod "Capacity" bar? I have a iPod nano 2GB software version 1.3.1. I have 135 songs (Blue bar for Audio) and 225 photos (Yellow bar for Photos). But what in the world is the Orange bar (671.4 MB) indicating??????????????????????????????
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The storage space taken up by "Other" can be made up of, notes or files of any kind you've added to the iPod whilst using it as a hard disk or album artwork. Or sometimes when the iPod data base has become corrupt.
There will always be a few MBs of used space under "other" but if it's in GBs it's unusually large. This often happens when the iPod data base becomes corrupt.
If the iPod is enabled for disk use, you can look at the folders on the iPod through Explorer or Finder and delete anything you don't want.
If it's a corruption it will probably need to be restored, see how to restore the iPod to factory settings which will erase the iPods contents and reclaim the used space.
Then reload the music from iTunes.

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You said:
No, I do not want to "factory reset" my iPod. No I do not wish to do anything crazy long or hard to fix this.
That may be necessary, It is not what you want to do/not do but what is required to resolve your problem.

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