Most operating systems come with built-in tools that can help recover lost data from a corrupted USB drive. For example, ...

So I'm working on the HDD of a laptop of a friend. I'm not sure wtf was done to this machine, but there has been a bit of reallocation due to bad sectors. Unfortunately, chkdsk seems to be running ...

I've seen mentioned here and there NOT to use chkdsk on a dead/dying drive. Why not??? It's recovered enough in the past for me to rescue presumably-lost data to another drive, whereas before running ...