Host IO error 3 during read (TIMED OUT for other reason)

[mabuimo]

Hi, firstly, thanks for the immense amount of time that you've put into this gargantuan project. I'm trying to rescue data from a failing WD HDD using HDD SuperClone. Almost every minute I get in the console the following message "Host IO error 3 during read (TIMED OUT for other reason)". What's the meaning of this message? I couldn't find this information in the pdf manual. When this message appears the current rate is usually low ~ 30 KB/s or lower.

[SomeCrazyGuy]

This is likely a slow responding WD drive, please watch the relevant videos on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX7HfHH0O6Y and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JqP6HpUP8w

[mabuimo]

Following the videos and connecting in direct USB mode helped somewhat to mitigate the slow responding WD HDD. Thank you.