Spamlet wrote:
Bought an iPod for SWMBO - after wasting much time with a pretend
version - and have only just discovered the way it munges up mp3
file names and then scrambles the folders for good measure, so once
loaded on it is a pain in the b* to get them back.

There seems to be a lot of software out there purporting to be able
to retrieve one's files and their names from iPods. Do users here
have any tips as to what might be the favourite freeware for
managing this?

If you still have the receipt, take the damned thing back and get a player
that doesn't deliberately obstruct free usage.

I find the Sansa Fuze to be very good value - 8gb is only about £50, and
there's a microSD slot to add more capacity if you need it. Set to MSC
(mass storage) mode and you can simply drag & drop media folders on and off
like a USB stick.