Connecting iPod "What if...?" Curiosity

Hi,
I was asked by a friend today if he could leave his iPod video with me for a while so that I could plug it into my iBook and charge it up for him until he came back to get it. I was very hesitant on doing so because:
a) The settings for my own personal iPod mini include automatic update. I feared that any songs that his ipod and my ibook did not have in common would be erased from his iPod until he automatically updated when got home to restore his music, photos, videos, etc.
b) He uses his iPod video with Windows XP and under iPod>Settings>About it said "Format: WINDOWS". If I plugged in his iPod to my Mac, wouldn't it reformat and optimize the file system and drive on the iPod to comply with Macintosh and no longer windows?
So, did I have anything to worry about this morning? Would my fears of messing up his iPod video have become realities? Thanks. I have been asked this question (to steal my battery life to charge a friend's iPod) many times and I'm very curious even myself.

> a) The settings for my own personal iPod mini include
automatic update. I feared that any songs that his
ipod and my ibook did not have in common would be
erased from his iPod until he automatically updated
when got home to restore his music, photos, videos,
etc.
It wouldn't just start updating. You'd get a message indicating that his iPod was linked to another library, and it would ask you if you wanted to replace the contents of his iPod with your iTunes library. When you get that message... make sure you answer NO.
> b) He uses his iPod video with Windows XP and under
iPod>Settings>About it said "Format: WINDOWS". If I
plugged in his iPod to my Mac, wouldn't it reformat
and optimize the file system and drive on the iPod to
comply with Macintosh and no longer windows?
No. Nothing would happen automatically. A Mac can read a Windows formatted iPod.
> So, did I have anything to worry about this morning?
Not really.
> Would my fears of messing up his iPod video have
become realities?
Depends on how you answered that message which pops up in your first question

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