Finding and deleting "others"

Is there anyway I can find out what the "other" is that is taking up a bunch of room on my ipod nano? Because it's taking up more room that it ever has before and I'm tired of not being able to add songs without having to delete songs.
Sam

To mspersons,
but there's still 23.4 mb of "other" on my iPod. What could it possibly be and how can I get rid of it?
If there's only 23.4 MB of "other" space, your iPod is not having any issues (if you restored your iPod, that Other space would not go away).
If you meant to say 23.4 GB of space used, that's a different matter.
23.4 MB of space in "Other" is simply composed of the iPod's OS (operating system), which includes The main layout, like the folders and menus for music, podcasts, extras, calendar, the iPod's Diagnostic Mode feature, etc.
To Tanzie14,
If i restore my ipod the songs in my library will still be there right?
Correct, your library will not be deleted.
The added content on your iPod, of course, will be completely wiped off of it. But your library will be safe in the process, since restoring is only affecting your iPod, and it isn't going about and deleting the "iTunes" folder on your computer; it just wouldn't naturally do that.
I hope that helps you all.
-Kylene

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