Song sorting/order

Is there any way to sort the order of songs when they're put into the Nano. I go into the desired "Genre" and the songs in no particular order. They are not ordered by artist nor song title. Is this something caused by the DOS file name of the mp3s that I put in the Nano. Is there any way I can fix this. I would like to be able to find the songs without having to go through the whole list and without having to limit myself to particular artists ONLY.
Thanks
Dell Inspiron Windows XP Pro

That didn't help. I deleted all the songs and put them all back in a little at a time in alphabetical order by artist. I came up with the same semi-random order I had before. If this has to do with the DOS file name is there a way to change this easily?

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