Kingston memory stick stopped working; what is the fix?

[hackmole]

My flash drive stopped working this morning and like an idiot I didn't make any backup and have a tremendous amount of important items on it.

I accidentally bent it about a month ago when I fell asleep in bed with the laptop and brushed up against the drive and bent it pretty good but it still worked fine afterward though it seemed a little loose at the tip.

I think the front tip end where the information is stored should be fine but I don't know about the rest of it. Is there any way I can get it to work again so I can back up the information on it.

 

[Elixer]

Not enough information to say one way or the other. It could be many things.
It you broke the contacts, then, that is a easy kind of fix--if you know how to solder.

If that data is REALLY important, don't even mess with it anymore, prepare to lay down some big $$$ and have a professional recovery service try to salvage what they can.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

If that data is REALLY important, don't even mess with it anymore, prepare to lay down some big $$$ and have a professional recovery service try to salvage what they can.

This.

 

[FFFF]

You should've ditched the stick the moment you bent it, instead you decided to play with fire. I wouldn't risk using it again even if I somehow found a way to fix it.