Lion recovery deleted flash drive data

downloaded lion recovery to my 32 gb usb flash drive and, with out warning, it deleted everything on the flash drive.  Now my macbook pro 4.1 doesn't recognize that there is a flash drive in the usb port.  Is there a way to reformat my new 32 gb flash drive? 

claudiafromcary wrote:
...with out warning, it deleted everything on the flash drive...
"The Lion Recovery Disk Assistant will erase all data on the external drive when creating the Recovery HD. You should either backup your data before running the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, or create a new partition on the external drive."
From OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
The kb article also tells you "When the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant completes, the new partition will not be visible in the Finder or Disk Utility. To access the external Recovery HD, connect the drive, then restart the computer and hold the Option key. Select Recovery HD from the Startup Manager."
Regards,
Colin R.

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