Flash drive won't open

Help! My flashdrive had decied not to open and I'm getting a s.m.a.r.t. status not supported note when i'm trying to open it. What does this mean??? Is all my data lost???

SMART support does not extend to USB flash drives, at least not any I've tried. You can ignore any SMART status comments DU gives.
Does the drive not appear on your desktop at all, or does it appear there but does not respond to a double-click?

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