External drive disappears after installing NTFS-3G

Hi I recently install NTFS-3G in an attempt to write to my external HDD. but after installation I received an error message so I uninstalled it.  Now when I plug my external usb disk on my mac it no longer shows up??? what can I do?

I have had exactly the same problem with my Toshiba Laptop running Vista Home Premium for 5 months. I have continually tried updating and checking this site for a fix, but haven't had a clue. My Son-in-law works for Microsoft and uses iTunes extensively and he can't figure it out either. Toshiba has no answers.
I am beginning to believe that Gates has scored one-up on Jobs by planting something in Vista that crashes the drive when you try to use Apple software.

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