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Hi,
I have a MacBook Pro at home and I use a Dell computer running Windows XP Pro. I have a 6th generation iPod classic. I usually listen to at work. Last Friday I took the iPod home and my son accidently turned it off while I was watching a movie. Low and below, the screen pop up and said I needed to restore my iPod. I did. All of my music was gone. Apple was kind enough to allow me to redownload my most recent purchases. So far so good. When I got into work today and attached my iPod to my work computer (windows), I got the message, iTunes has detected a Macintosh formatted iPod. You must restore this iPod before you can use it on Windows.
OMG!! I did not restore it because I did not know what that meant. Then I tried to back up my iTunes library to a DVD. iTunes would not back to DVD, it kept saying checking media then nothing. When I placed a CD in, it said checking media and then attempted to download the library to the cds. But I do not have that many cds to load all of this stuff I have there.
Help.
1. Can I play my iPod both at work and at home?
2. How do I download my work library so I can add this to my Mac at home?
3. Is there any help for me? I am an iPod illiterate.

1. Can I play my iPod both at work and at home?
Yes, provided it's in the Windows format
2. How do I download my work library so I can add this to my Mac at home?
You can transfer the files using an external portable hard drive, or just use the iPod in disc mode. I don't know if the library files, album artwork etc. can be directly transfered between the OS's, but you can certainly share the media.
3. Is there any help for me? I am an iPod illiterate.
We all started that way... Ask away and I'm sure you'll get answers. Here are a few pointers to be going on with.
*Recover media from iPod*
Check out this post from Zevoneer for some iPod media recovery options.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6273675&#6273675
This will let you recover any data currently on your iPod that you failed to keep on your Mac. This is the information you could have used before you let iTunes restore your iPod.
Since your iPod is currently in Mac mode, you'll need to do this on your Mac. Then restore your iPod at your PC, switch it in to manual mode and you'll be ready to add information to it again from either location.
Backup everything you download or rip to put on your iPod. The iPod is not a robust storage medium and sooner or later will either become corrupt, damaged, lost or stolen.
*Fast backup for iTunes library (Windows Only)*
Grab SyncToy 2.0, a free tool from MS. Copy your entire iTunes library & any other media folders onto another hard drive or network share. After making your initial backup copy use SyncToy to periodically synchronise or echo your library to the backup. A preview will show which files need to be updated giving you a chance to spot unexpected changes and during the run only the changed files will be copied saving lots of time.
I'm firmly in the PC world but does Time Machine do something similar for Macs? A file level backup beats the built-in iTunes backup to disc routines, not least because you can restore individual files should the need arise and, if the library is self contained and backed up to an external drive, you can properly test your backup or even take it with you...
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