Is there a way to reformat an iPod without erasing everything?

I recently accidentally wiped my ipod so I took all the music from a friend of mine. Unfortunately I was dumb and didn’t realized that I was adding music from a mac and I have a pc. So the ipod was formatted for mac when it needs to be formatted for a pc. Ugh.

Anyway, itunes is telling me I need to reformat the ipod to pc settings. Reformatting will wipe the ipod clean, making my life very difficult and sad. I don’t want to be sad, I want to listen to music.

Is there a way for me not to be horribly depressed?