"Other" disk space is almost full; Can't restore "firmward file"

I am not quite sure what has happened with my mini. First of all, I did just get a new computer. I think this was the first time I hooked up my mini...maybe I missed a step here. I downloaded iTunes 7.0. Now there is some new summary page and it is telling my that my ipod has 3.60 GB of "other" information. I tried to erase and start over using the 5R strategy. I cannot restore because I get an error message stating that "iPod cannot be restored because firmware file cannot be found."
Needless to say, I am having serious issues. If anyone has some ideas, please let me know. I think I may have read the available information on the apple site, so any other info would rock.

I tried that and now there is an error message that says: The ipod cannot be restored because it contains files that are in use by another application.
There is also a pop up window titled "Autoplay" that seems like it very quickly scans through my library.
It did help and took my iPod through most of the process, but it did not complete the restoration.

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