Ipod Summary screen -- what is "other"...How can I find out

I have an older 20G ipod. It is very nearly capacity. As a matter of fact I have a few MB left. Most of it is music. However, the capacity gage shows that 3.57 is dedicated to "Other". I just have not been able to find what the "Other" is. I open up the iPod folder and I can only find iTunes-related stuff; there isn't anything extra. I have used this iPod as a disk before, but I always make sure to erase what I put there. I really don't know what could be using that much memory. The only thing that I can think is that I have taken out some albums out of my iTunes library, but not erase them from mu iTunes music folder. Could this be what's eating this much memory (the music that I'm talking about is a little under 2G)? Any help would be most appreciated.

Other can be Album Artwork, Notes, Contacts, Firmware etc. or files that are on there if you are using the iPod as a removable storage device. If you feel that Other is being incorrectly reported then try restoring your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings. Once the restore is complete follow the on screen instructions and it should connect to iTunes and give you a prompt to automatically update your library onto the fresh installation. If you want to update manually or using selected playlists choose no and it will default to manual mode and you can choose whatever setting you like: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes 7

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