IPod Formatted for Mac... Connect To Windows?

Hi Gang:
I gave a friend of mine a 60 GIG iPod as a gift. He is in the middle of the Jungle and uses a PC, no access to a Mac. He has a few songs he would like to add to the iPod. I formatted the iPod when I got it for Mac. When he connects it to his PC it wants to re-format the iPod for Windows, of course he would loose all the data on it.
Is there a way to use it under Windows without having to re-format the iPod and lose all the data?
Thank you, Glenn

"Is there a way to use it under Windows without having to re-format the iPod and lose all the data?"
Yes but it requires the use of some add on software such as XPlay2.
The reason being is that Windows cannot read the HFS+ file system that a Mac formatted iPod uses, so without XPlay or similar software, it needs to be reformatted in order to use it on a Windows PC.

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