Received ipod shuffle as gift formatted for Mac.  I need to reformat for pc

I received an ipod shuffle as a gift. It was already formatted for a Mac. However, I have my own itunes library on my Windows PC. I want to reformat the ipod for the pc, but am having trouble doing that. Can anyone tell me exactly what I need to do?
THanks!

The ipod I received was already formatted on a mac
and filled with songs from the gift givers itunes
library. I don't want it that way. I want to
reformat it for the pc and put my songs on it. I
have tried to restore, resynch, etc, but it is not
working, because it is formatted for the mac. All I
want to know is how to format for the pc (and start
over). I saw a post from an earlier discussion that
said that I could choose the device on My Computer
and right click and say format, but right clicking on
the device does not give me format as an option. Any
ideas?
Try this: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ipodresetutility10forwindows.html

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