https://askubuntu.com/questions/1293335/input-output-error-with-external-hard-drive



Navel Gazing, tips tricks and suggestions
I have found the solution from this link.

The solution linked to above works like a top and is so handy to have in the Nemo file manager.
This works like a top. HP seems to have really embraced B&O speakers and B&O have figured out how to be relevant in the digital mobile era. But Linux users might be let down with their new fancy laptop’s sound.
That is until you apply this fix. Works great on my HP Spectre running Mint 18.3