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Cannot open USB on Apple

I have a Gateway USB device that I used for storage first on my Mac and then on a PC.  After use on the PC, I was unable to re-open the USB on my Mac.  In fact my mac can't read the USB at all when I try to  load it.  How can I restore my data, or at least get my USB to work again on the apple?
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Does the Mac recognize the device at all...does it insert it into finder?  You might try formatting it as a FAT32...I believe that both Windows and the Mac recognize that format.
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It recognizes it, but it no longer comes up with the icon for a USB... and I can't open it at all.  How would I go about re formatting it?  Is it possible that it was re formatted  somehow when I inserted it into the PC ?
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I'll try that...if not I may just have to buy another device.  
Thank you!