Windows to mac ipod problems....

I plugged my friend's Windows formatted iPod into my computer and everything was working beautifully. When he took it home to plug it into his computer, he got a message that said it wasn't formatted. He tried to preform a software upgrade and he couldn't do that either. He did a reset of the ipod because it froze, and when he tried to use it everything on the ipod was erased.
Does anyone know what happened here? I thought it was okay to use a windows formatted ipod on a mac... that it wouldn't cause a problem when it was plugged into a windows machine again?

I think it does change it when its plugged into a mac
ONLY if you run the iPod Updater. It will work fine (and not change anything for everything else.
here is the link for formatting the ipod HD
That link is 4 years old and refers specifically to iPod Up dater 1.0
There has been many updates since then.
Here is the link to the latest updater. ->http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
The instruction for using it are in your users manual on the CD you received with your iPod.

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