Connecting ipod to new PC

hello,
recenlty I purchased a new PC. Previously had an IMAC (bubble base,flat screen). Anyway, my 20 gig ipod is full, and I wanted to transfer all my tunes, to my new PC. When I plugged in the ipod to the new PC, I rcvd a msg saying this ipod was originally setup on a MAC and I would lose all my music to reconfigure it to the PC. Please let me know if there is a way around this. I'm not the most computer savvy, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

If your iPod is formatted for Mac it won't run natively on a PC because Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats). There are third party programs that will allow you to use a Mac formatted iPod on Windows. XPlay for instance gets good reviews and has the added functionality to let you copy your songs back to iTunes. Once you have your songs saved to the PC you can go ahead and restore the iPod for Windows. You can purchase XPlay at this link: XPlay 2

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