computer wizards I need help please

[sam_gordon]

I used to always eject the flash drive by clicking the icon and waiting for it to tell me its safe

for a long time now though Ive just been leaving the drive in the computer--hope thats not what fried it--

weve been going back and forth what could have happened--like my DH is on an F file while mine says D

just hinking since it said if you do the format it could wipe everything out is there any harm in doing the re format and see what happens
thanks

If you format you WILL erase everything on the drive. There's no "could" about it.