Quote from datarecovee on August 18, 2025, 3:52 AM

Hard disk errors that involve I/O faults are a result of loose cables, aged drivers, disk corruption, or hardware failures. USB port problems with external drives can be a symptom of a problem, whilst internal disk I/O errors usually indicate that a drive is about to fail. It is also possible to display SSD I/O device errors on SSDs because of bugs or wear in the firmware.