Using ipod as portable hard disk drive

I have an ipod - iphoto - 20GB. altho i have enabled it for disk use, after dragging my files into the 'notes' folder, i am still unable to view the files in the ipod. i can see the title of the file, but when i click on the file to read, i see only 5 incoherent symbols. what does this mean? why cant i see the files in my ipod?

hmm.. haha.. thanks.. the link u provided above is quite useful.. i wish that the text length will be longer. plus, even if i bold or underline the words i dont see it in my ipod..
btw, if i don't "safely remove hardware" for my ipod when i disconnect it from teh com (updating ipod and everything is done - files closed and stuff) will my ipod spoil? i did that a few times cos it often says 'ipod device cannot be disabled now. pls try again later'. then my ipod has problems shutting off. even clicking on the 'sleep' also cannot switch it off. i had to wait until the specific time whereby the ipod will go into sleep mode. what happend?

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