[nycdunz]

i am about to sell my 1st gen 10gb ipod to a pc user, will it work? he has firewire on his pc... please let me know guys, thanks.

[jld]

It'll work. No problems.

[yongfook]

worked fine for me.

I just gave my 1st gen iPod to my girlfriend, who is a windows user. We'll forgive her for that since she bought me a 3rd gen iPod for Christmas (hence me giving her my old one).

It was formatted for a mac (my iBook) and we had to get it working on Windows. Basically all we had to do (this was on XP) was:

Plug it in.

Go to My Computer, browse to the new "Removable Device" which will have just showed up.

Try double-clicking on it.

It will then tell you that you need to format it before Windows can use it. So format it.

After this, it will be a blank iPod with no software, so you need to download the Windows iPod software from the Apple site (7mb download). Make sure you choose the right version - there is a version 1.3 or something, for the mechanical scrollwheel iPods (1st gen) and a 2-point-somethingorother for the newer touchwheel iPods.

Install the software, then run it to install the software on the iPod.

Tadaaa, Windows iPod.