From mac to windows, formatting questions

Hey, I need some help from anyone who knows how to search an ipod for salvagable material. My ipod was originally formatted to mac, and i went to italy over the summer, and had lots of photos and videos on my comp. Being relatively new to the whole ipod business, i tried to connect to a windows to try to send some pics in an email. It started to reformat, but then i realized what a moron I was, and so i unplugged it before it was complete. Macs will no longer recognize the ipod, but when i plug into a windows, it says there is damaged software that needs to be repaired. Also, even though i reformatted, there are still about 100 folders on the ipod, which most likely represent the diff artists, and there are various files at the end, which most likely represent the photos, though it says that the folders are empty. However, I have tried using ipod salvage, and other recovery software from my mac, but they don't recover any files, in fact they never even finish searching. Do I have to run the program from a windows based computer so that it is automatically in that format? Are tehre any suggestions as to what i can do to salvage the files? Thanks for any help

Hi Lisa,
Yes there is. That's not so easy, but if you follow this instructions carefully it will be transfered successfully.
Read this article: [How to move an iTunes library from a PC to Mac (and back)|http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/geek-to-live--how-to-move-an-itunes -library-from-a-pc-to-mac-and-back-242468.php].
Hope this helps!
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