My USB flash drive, which has worked before, isn't recognized by my Mac anymore. How can I recover data on it?

Help, please?

I've found multiple data recovery programs, but Iäm wondering if they might just do some damage and whether they're reliable?

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Generally, it's not the flash drive that makes it compatible, but the formatting used on it. In Disk Utility on a Mac, the format is called MS-DOS (FAT). In Windows, I believe it is called FAT32.
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How Restore Deleted or Missing OS X Components
A few of the basic OS X installed applications can be restored from the Optional Installs installer located in the Optional installs folder on your Installer DVD. However, if what you need is not there then follow the instructions below.
How to Use Pacifist to Restore Deleted or Missing OS X Components
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defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles Yes
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Stop
Leave original alone
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Default selection
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tell me what i can do to make it work again... or what i have to do for replacing it..

johnl927 wrote:
If it was mounted to a system and not ejected correctly you might have messed up the boot record and mount point, if you can see it Disk Utility then the mount point of that drive is bad, you have to reformat it.
Mr H might have ejected it incorrectly (without doing the command E thing) but really I doubt it.
Not quite sure what you are saying here: since we DO see it in DU (where it says not mounted) then there is no way even to look at what is on the drive (the number of files and used space shows up in DU as well) and all I can do is reformat it?
I attached a good, working flash drive and it too shows up in DU, but it indicates where it is mounted (volumes/... if I recall) so I don't get what you say above where I underlined it.
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Note: This should not delete any information or files from the disk.
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