My 80 GB Ipod is full when it shouldn't be

So I have this 80 GB Ipod Classic. It has 519 Songs (half of which are fairly short in length), 1106 Photos, and 48 Videos, each about 6 minutes on average. Generally this would only take up about 1/20th of the available space. (Seriously, all of this combined only takes up like 6 GB of space.)
However, I tried connecting my Ipod to iTunes recently, and...not only did iTunes not connect to my Ipod, but it also caused iTunes to "not respond." I look at the iPod, and it says that there is only 3.9 MB left. OUT OF A TOTAL OF ABOUT 75 GB.
Furthermore, it seems as if whatever is taking up all the space belongs in the "Other" category, so I know that I haven't put too many songs, pnotos or videos on my Ipod. I tried restoring the Ipod, but the thing still says that it's nearly at full capacity. Any suggestions? Or will my Ipod never sync again?

Turns out that my Ipod could sync to another computer after all; I just had to give it some time. After that, it was a simple matter of deleting all the files and resyncing it back to my computer. Thanks for the help anyway!

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check on your ipod settings/about it should say capacity __ and
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Ok. Did you try to restore the iPod via iTunes again to see if that made any difference?
And the instructions were slightly different because it was intended for XP users and you are running Windows Vista. To do this on Vista, head to start Start menu and choose "Computer". From there, locate your iPod in the list of drives (it will have whatever name you gave it). Right->click on it and choose "Format". Then leave everything as the default and go ahead and click OK to run the format. When it has finished, Restore it again via iTunes.
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Hi Poeple,
My 30GB Black 5th generation iPoD worked fine for about 4 month now (got it at the end of january).
But now i have some very strange problems:
When i connect my ipod to the computer,
1. it's shown white under the devices and the serial number as well as the version number is not schown in the summary tab
2. i can put music on my ipod and the library is full with my songs (about 10gig, so enough free space for other stuff)
3. but now: when i disconnect it correctly from my pc and want to look if all songs are there, the library is empty but the capacity shows that this 10 gig are full. Also it says that there are 0 songs on it (:S lol?)
all worked fine until the update to itunes 7.1.1.5 and now nothing works anymore...
The first thing i did was resetting the ipod to the originally settings, and than i deleted all songs on it. After this it worked and was verified right in the summary. Now i put something on it and looked if it works: it did. then the rest of my music and i looked again: the library was empty again... but full on my comp....
Answer fast please.
Is there a solution for this problem or is the only way the solve this prblem to send it back and get a new one (warranty)?
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Alright, so let me give you the backstory to this. First off, I have the 4G 20-gig IPod Photo that I bought in January of this year.
So about a week ago, my Ipod started glitching, namely pausing for about ten seconds whenever a song that had album artwork came on (roughly half of my library has artwork). It would play about the first second of a song and not show the artwork, and then pause for about ten seconds. During these ten seconds, the Ipod wouldn't respond at all and then everything would be back to normal. The funny thing about this was that this only occured when I skipped ahead to a song, so if I was listening to an album with artwork all the way through there would be no problems, but if I skipped a song it would freeze. The other funny thing was that this happened only with songs that had album art. Songs that didn't have album art worked fine with no problems.
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If your iPod is recognized in "my computer", changing the drive letter can sometimes resolve this issue.
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ITunes 11.1.5 says my iPod Classic (160gb) full when it is not!

I want to say that after iTunes (11.1.3?) my iPod Classic (160gb) will not sync anymore.
I have recently updated iTunes to latest version of 11.1.5 with no luck!
In short, I am using Windows 7 and cannot get my iPod to sync anymore.
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None of it makes any sense and it is completely in error on behalf of Apple.
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My current PC build is and has the latest software and hardware available and everything up-to-date.
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First of all, let's get a few things straight.
me too said:
I purposely created several different threads because I wasn't sure which discussion to enter in and it is my opinion that it fit into any of these categories.
Actually, you posted the same thing into the iPod Classic forum four times, and one additional thread in (if I recall correctly) the iTunes for Windows forum. That's impolite; at best it simply clutters up the forum with unnecessary threads, which can cause other people's valid posts to be missed in the mass; and at worst, you'll get responses to more than one of your threads which will confuse, not just you, but anyone trying to help you. I've seen it happen.
I'll ask again, please refrain from multiple posting.
me too said:
I am also aware that the "other" is my album art.
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"None of it makes any sense and it is completely in error on behalf of Apple."
... isn't going to help you in any way. Stop blaming Apple and look for the actual problem. Once you find the problem, and can therefore see the cause, then - if you must - you can blame someone.

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IPod classic won't restore. Claims disc is full when it is empty.

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Thanks for the question and detailed information. It may be best to troubleshoot the error code you are receiving. To do so, see the steps in this resource:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1372
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Come back with the results.
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What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It?
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Due to various hardware issues, I'm on my 4th phone.
Each and every one has displayed this same "unplug and spill one's audio secrets" behavior, usually with incredibly annoying, embarrassing (I have weird, rather personal music tastes, never mind my preference in Podcasts), and potentially battery-draining results (if I leave the phone on my desk and attend a meeting for, say, an hour).
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