USB Stick disappeared out of finder and isn't recognised anymore

How can I get the finder recognising the usb stick again?

What happens when you plug it in?
After it's plugged in, in a terminal enter
ls -al /volumes
and see if it shows up.
The other entries should be your internal HD, any other external drives connected and any Windows partitions, if you are using bootcamp.

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Also there is one more thing, I usually have around 8.9gig left in internal memory. Whenever I try to move 6 gig Mkv files to internal drive I am keep getting error that there isn't enough memory left. Then I tried with my 16gig microsd card. It had 14.9 gig memory left and I tried to copy 6.9 gig Mkv file to microsd card. I got the same error. So can any help please?
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Insert the stick.
Wait for it to appear on the Desktop.
Drag your files to it.
Wait for the copying to complete.
Drag the icon of the drive to the Trash.
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