I moved my library from laptop to desktop and now it's all messed up...help

So I moved my itunes library from my laptop to my desktop and when i synced the my 4GB ipod for the first time (formerly held about 700+ songs), it will now only hold around 400. Any ideas why it's doing this?
Thanks!!
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Did you use the iPod to move the music from one computer to another?
If so, you may still have some files on there.
Restore the iPod to reclaim the storage space.
See: How to restore the iPod to factory settings.

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