Itunes - mac windows

My itunes library is currently on a mac. My ipod is formatted to the mac. I have enabled disc use and copied my itunes folder to the ipod ready for transfer. How do I transfer this to my windows pc?

You could of course reformat the iPod,
but if i were you i would just use a normal portable hard-drive, or through a network drive, or even some CDs will do. Just drag and drop the iTunes folder. That easy.
note: Mac can read both the mac format and FAT32(if i haven't remembered wrong) which is the windows format; Windows can only read the FAT32.
That is why a bootcamp HD appears on the mac side but the macintosh HD doesn't on the Windows side.

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