Moving Music From Mac to Windows

I have all my music on my iPod mini and my iMac G5. The problem is that my parents gave me my dad's old Sotec laptop operating Windows XP for my birthday.
I want to transfer my music from my iPod to my new Windows laptop. I've read on the Apple website that this won't work because my iPod is Mac-formatted. Are there are any software programs out there or alternative methods that can help me do this?
I can burn a CD, but I'd like another method, if possible.
Also, please do not send answers to the [email protected] address because it doesn't work anymore.

Why not just keep everything on the G5? There may be a third party software program out there that will allow you to rip a Mac Formatted iPod onto a Windows library...but I don't know. Try a google search. There are many third party software programs out there that let you rip iPod onto iTunes, but as far as I know, they are either for Mac or for PC.

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