Macintosh formatted iPod won't work for Windows

Hi, I have 2 computers, an Apple iMac and a Windows Vista laptop. My iPod used to be Windows formatted, which worked for both Windows and Mac, when I restored it though, it was restored to Macintosh. I tried transferring some files to my Vista only it says my iPod has to be restored to Windows to work. Is there a way to get around this?
20" iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9) iLife '06, Microsoft Office 2004, and I'm single! (hey, it says other details..)

You can get around it if you want to purchase some 3rd party software that allows Mac formatted disks to be used on a Windows platform.
Like this one: MacDrive 7.
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