Using the Firewire power cord for transfers

I have a 20 GB, fourth generation, iPod. It came with a USB adaptor for transfers and a firewire adaptor for charging. The firewire cable plugs into a charging block which connects to an electrical outlet. Is it possible to disconnect the firewire cable from the charging block and use it as a normal firewire cable for transfers? I ask because I have a front mounted Firewire port on my PC, but no available USB port. TIA
20 GB, fourth generation Windows XP Pro

Semantics? Well not really. If you ask a question
here about a usb adaptor, others will think you are
referring to the power adaptor, not a usb cable which
"connects" a usb port to a dock connector rather than
"adapts".
Yes, semantics. And yes, the Firewire to iPod dock connector, and the USB to iPod dock connector are, in fact, adaptor cables. Just because Apple may not use the term doesn't change what they are. Even Apple refers to their power adaptors as "power adaptors", or "charging blocks", USB or not. I never used the word "power", when referring to them so "adaptor" still applies.
Do a search for USB adaptor cables and you will find quite a diversity of products yet few, if any, include any form of power supply.
There are 4 pin and 6 pin firewire cables. Apple
provides the 6 pin variety which transfers both data
and power.
You do have the 6 pin port on your computer?
Of course.

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