CHKDSK Repair Utility = Windows CHicKen DiSK Repair Utility

I have been involved in incidents recently where chkdsk was supposed to save the day but did it? NO!! Thanks Microsoft for making me look stupid @ school!!. A friend of my parents had a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) and I was supposed to recover the UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_DRIVE.. CHKDSK /P or /R or even /I failed to even do anything, a full reinstall was needed in one case, and the other is still giving me headaches cause there's valuable data.. KNOPPIX Live CD, here I come!!