Flash drive became a FAT 32 file system

I have a 2.0 PNY 8 GB flash drive which was working fine with Windows 7. Now he says all of a sudden when I go to start, click computer and watch devices that my removable device is FAT 32. When I click it, it says that the folder is empty. How did become FAT 32? If I lost all my files or is there a way it can all be retrieved again? Thank you! It was not a FAT 32 file when I bought and installed this flash drive. It just happened all of a sudden. I don't know if there is a change in my computer or if something happened to my flash drive. I only used the disc on my computer.

All flash drives, I know, are formatted FAT when they are made. Unless you changed to NTFS, it was FAT.

Have you tried the drive on another computer?

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