Flash drive is empty but shows occupied space; files are not hidden.

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I've tried everything. I've tried command prompt and then the folder options. All it did was unhide the system volume information. But still my computer says that there's only 2.58gb left out of 7 gb of memory. I've also tried Recuva and that only shows up files that I have deleted from months before not the files that I have now on the drive. I don't think it's a virus either?
(Can usb devices degrade and just stop working I've reformatted this drive a few times so is that why?)
Please help I really need some of the files on there. I don't really want to reformat it.
I don't know if it's related but my flash drive was working properly until windows updated itself a few days ago which is the last time that I have opened the drive.