How do I transfer huge library of non-iTunes songs from Mac to PC?

Hello,
I have a Macbook with about 5,000 songs on it, all of which are burned from actual hard copies of CDs that I own. Rather than re-burning each CD to my new Windows computer, I would like to see if there's a way to transfer all these songs from Mac to PC using an external hard drive.
The real question is how can I format my external hard drive to be recognized on both a Macbook running Snow Leopard and a PC running Windows 7?
Thank you!

Format it as MS-DOS from the Mac, or exFAT from the PC, or use a network instead of the drive.
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