If I use a friends HD External Harddrive (PC) on my Mac to get the contents am I going to inadvertantly turn it to a Mac system so he can't use it it?

I have recently brought a Macbook Pro, I use several external WD harddrives and have had no problems using them on the Mac, I previously had a PC but when my friend tried to use one on his PC (after i've used it on the Mac) it wouldn't let him, I didn't know that the PC and the Mac use different systems to read the drive etc, my question is can I use my friends (PC) harddrive on my Mac to take a few items off it without turning it to a Mac system etc.
Hope that makes sense, this is all new to me?
Thanks
Jimmy

I use drives between Mac and PC all the time without problem, if you just move files from the drive to you mac you should not have any issues at all, though you might face some file system issues.
Macs prefer/use the Mac OS extended format but with a third party software like NTFS-3G you can make you mac speek windows without issues, otherwise you can have some problems reading a widows formatted drive on you mac, and a PC will not understand the OS file system.
You could also add a spotlight exception so you do not index the drive you borrowing.
Best regards

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