Nano formatted on IMAC now needs to be XP compatible

OK, I bought an iMAC last year & a Nano. Sold the iMac (my mistake)but in the mean time can I upload music to the Nano using my windows machine (XP) without re formatting & losing all I have?
Looks like thats what its asking but I'm not sure.
I will be replacing the iMAC this yr but can I do this now?
Thanks,
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Dell 9150 Windows XP

An iPod formatted for Mac won't run natively on a PC because the Windows OS does not support the HFS Plus file system and therefore will not see the drive. If you want to keep it Mac formatted there are third party programs that will allow you to use it on a PC, this is one for instance gets good reviews: XPlay 2

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