i used my ipod on a different computer b/c i could not get the songs to appear on the ipod or for the playlists to appear on the ipod (see "ephpod ate my songs").....even though they were there b/c the space is obviously being used up. when i got my database of songs....many of them were 4 digit numbers....i understand that that is the way the ipod stores songs that are not tagged but many of them are duplicates and many times they will be separate numbers and duplicate songs. have i lost my data or do i have to go reinstall all the info on these songs? also while i got the songs back (who knows what was wrong with my other computer and ephpod) the playlists and how the songs were distributed in their respective playlists was lost. i had to make a new one called ALL for right now.