Flash drive btwn PC & MAC wont work...

I've been using a 64g flash drive between my macbook pro, and the windows copmuters at school, and I plugged it in to a PC to load some footage for a project, but when I plug it into my mac, it wont register at all, on the desktop, in finder, or disk utility. When I plug it back into the PC, it wont register it either. is there a way to fix this? is it fried? what can I do?

thats what i was afraid of. thanks for your help. is there any way I can retrieve the info off the drive if its dead?

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