Where did my 1 gig storage/memory space go?

I had near 200 some songs on my iPod thru another computer. I have a new intel at home so agreed to erase and sync my iPod to the new system when prompted.
After erasing and sync, my ipod will hold now less than 45 total songs. Says I don't have space. I checked settings...it shows "other" as holding 898KB...audio as 922MB...with 41.4MB free remaining.
The "other" showing 898KB might make sense if the original songs had not been erased, but supposedly they are gone because I elected to erase and sync. To be sure...I played and fast forwarded the list of songs I just put on and it would seem all other songs have been erased. So, what is this "other" that the 898KB in the settings tab is showing?
I then read options I could do...and elected to Restore the iPod to factory settings. Everything erased, that is...my ipod shows itself empty...but still, shows I have a capacity only for 964.2MB. After restoring to factory settings, it still shows 898 KB being used up by "Other"
Okay...so what happened to the 1gig of space this thing had? What is this "Other"...???
appreciate your help, thanks
Larry

see...this I don't understand. Patience please...
I had the equivalent of 15 to 17 CD's worth of music
loaded to my 1 gig shuffle originally. Twenty-two
songs of that near 220 songs or more were purchased
from the iTunes store, and after syncing to my new
computer...restoring several times, I put those
twenty-two songs back on this shuffle. Then I added
28 other songs from CD's.
There are at present a total of 50 songs, the 22
being one and the same I had on before...the 28
other songs could very well likely be larger files
than the original 15-17 CD's worth of songs I had on
this thing?
Okay, I'm willing then to accept that possibility.
These fewer songs are larger files...but here's
where my confusing grows- how did this thing manage
to have nearly 220 songs before? What's different
now from a week ago? What settings would have
allowed for that many songs before...but even more
confusing to me is how would the settings have
changed by themselves since?
What do I need to do to recover its capability to
hold the number of songs it once did(?)...
understanding that I gave no commands or changes to
any settings since. Help me understand that...and I
think I'll get it. The CD's I popped into the intel
to download songs from are one in the same I used
before. I've done nothing to alter file size.
appreciated...
But you haven't provided ANY of the Get Info> Summary data I requested. HOW HARD IS IT TO DO THAT?

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