Solved Massive Event ID 153 after using Windows Update recovery of Win 11

Was having issues with an update constantly running every day. Was advised to try using Windows Update recovery to see if that would resolve the problem. After 'successful' install, I was using the PC when it suddenly ground to a halt. It wasn't instantaneously but a 'stuttering' that increased quickly to lock-up. Rebooting, I was able to look at the System error log and noticed that one of my SSD drives had massive Event ID 153s which, I guess, means there's errors with the storage subsystem. My question: is this a hardware or software problem? I have never had this issue before and it started after the Update recovery install so I was wondering. Have attached a similar error from today that was against a USB flash drive. (Edit) - The drive in question was a Samsung 870 EVO 2Tb that was only in use 3 months).

Try from the command prompt running the chkdsk /f /r command.

/f switch fixes errors on the disk
/r locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

Run Clear Disk Info and post what you see:

About Clear Disk Info

Clear Disk Info results (Samsung SSD 870 EVO is the problem disk):

Here is the CHKDSK report on the drive in question:

I'm beginning to think there was a corrupted storage driver in the Windows Update Recovery OS download because I haven't had any problems after I reinstalled Windows 11 from an ISO and plugged the SSD back in. I'm going to close this.