If the disk of your ipod is restored for Macintosh OS then you can see a serial number like last thing in the about. If the ipod is compatible for the Microsoft Windows OS then you can see a ‘Format: Windows’ as the last item.

You can’t use your ipod on the Microsoft Windows OS if the ipod is compatible for Macintosh OS. On the other hand it is feasible to restore your ipod disk, so that you can use it with your Microsoft Windows system. But for this you require to restore your ipod disk to the factory settings.

When you will connect the Windows OS configure ipod hard drive including ipod nano disk to the Mac OS based system your ipod will format itself so that it can work with Mac. It can happen for 1st time when you will connect the ipod with the Macintosh system. When you will restore your ipod to factory settings then all your important files saved on your ipod will be removed. Then in such situations if you don’t have any backup of the lost files then ipod data recovery software is required to get back those lost files.

Ipod recovery software makes use of the effective scanning algorithms so that it can scan disk ipod and then recover all lost videos, podcasts, music files and photos from your ipod. It is incorporated with rich and simple graphical user interface. It doesn’t alter the original data on your ipod disk which include ipod nano hard drive, ipod mini hard drive, etc as it non destructive and read only conduct.