Unable to access external HDD

[swarup]

I have an older HDD which I wanted to access some files from. When I connect it to my laptop I get the message which has been attached as a screen shot. I've also placed the same message in the code window below.

The folder contents could not be displayed

Sorry, could not display all the contents of "67305ef4-0dfe-402e-be6d-8f3058294bff": Error when getting information for file '/media/swarup/67305ef4-0dfe-402e-be6d-8f3058294bff/Hindi Spellchecker Backup': Input/output error

What do I need to do to be able to access the contents of this HDD?

[monkeybrain20122]

I think your hard drive has bad blocks/bad sectors or it might be damaged.

you can try: connect the drive, unmount it and

sudo fsck /dev/sdxi

x is the drive identifier i is the partition number

e.g /dev/sdb1, here x == b, i == 1

you can find out with

sudo blkid

[swarup]

I hooked up the HDD intending to try what you suggested, and this time it worked fine! A bit of a mystery.
Perhaps it is on the borderline, and would be best to remove whatever i need from it for the future.