Mac wants to restore my Windows iPod...

I just bought my first mac today, and when I connected my 5G iPod (which is obviously formatted to Windows) it wanted to restore it to factory settings. Is there some way I can get around this without losing all my music, or if I do format it, could I still connect to my PC to get my music back? Because I could just reload all my CDs, but there's stuff on my iPod which is from other people, which I won't be able to replace. I was surprised that it wanted to restore my iPod, because earlier in the year I connected it to a friend's mac without any trouble.
Thanks in advance

I get this to, when you first connect the ipod does a little window pop up? if it does, what does it say?

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