Ipod says no free space when only 600MB are on it

I have an ipod mini and when i first got it i only had 2 GB of music that i wanted on it. After using it with the 2GB a few times it said that it was full with 2GB then the other day i took it all off and put on 600MB of music now it say it is full and can only take 600MB.
I tryed reinstalling all itunes and ipod softwere and messed with all the options and with everything on the ipod but i cant get it to hold more than 600MB

go to start => all programs => ipod => ipod updater
open the updater and restore the ipod, that should fix it
plus if your using a mini make sure that you have ipod updater 2005-06-26 or later if you dont have that w\version you can download it at www.apple.com/ipod/download

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