How can i change my hard drive from time machine to a normal harddrive

Hi guys I wrongly set my flash drive to my time machine drive but now i can not turn it back as the same it was at first . the main problem is PC are not able to identify my flash drive?

First transfer any important information on the flash drive to your internal hard drive. Then open Disk Utility. You should see your flash drive in the list on the left, select it and then select the erase tab to the right. Name your flash drive and set format to MS-DOS (FAT). Hit the erase button and it will be ready for pc and mac.
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