Format your iPod for PCs

OUT of THE BOX,Your new Ipod may be configured to work not with a PC but with a Mac.Before you try to use it ,You must Format it to work with WIndows' File System (A Mac will recognize a Windows Formatted iPod but the reverse is not true)Download Itunes (www.apple.com/ipod/start/),Install it then plugin your Ipod. On the left side of the ITunes windows you should see 'deviced' and your iPod below it.Click the iPods name,then click restore to the right and follow the prompts/This will reformat your device for use with windows.If Windows can't see youriPod at all,try Apple's troubleshooting steps at www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/