IPOD is taking up all of my hard drive

Help!! What is the best way to deal with this? External hard drive? More memory? I can't even get my computer to run the disk defragmenter!

Even an 80 Gb ipod can only take up 80 gb of HD space.
If your computer is beyond upgrade, P4 2 ghz or less, <1 Gb mem, crt monitor, integrated graphics etc., go external. Around 300Gb. Even If you purchase a new PC this external drive could be used as a backup/media drive. If your computer isn't too old and shipped with a small hard drive then replace it, a 320 Gb is only $100/€100 and they are simple to install, there are loads of online tutorials to be googled if needs be.
If you're surpised by the fact that your HD is full, run through your computer checking the size of these folders
Windows, Program Files, My Docs, My Music, iTunes. Delete temporary files/ old restore points if needs be. Search for large files >100mb using the windows search.

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