First of all, you would need a USB Drive with a USB-C Port. Second, head to the Surface Recovery Image website to download the recovery image for your Surface Go. Scroll down to option 2 and select ...

Here is a small PSA for the happy owners of the Surface Laptop 7 or the Surface Pro 11: do not mess up their software since recovery images are still not available on the official support website.

If only one USB device is not working, try plugging in another USB device to see if it is recognized. If other devices work, the issue may be with the original USB device rather than the port itself.