my NTFS external HDD, not seen by desktop, but is by laptop

[Nils Kassube]

On 16.03.25 Stephen Constantinou via ubuntu-users wrote:
> I went back to the PC.  The rear of which has many USB slots.  I
> attached it to several other slots (which I think are USB 2) and it worked.
>
> The lesson is not to assume that all USB slots work.  That same slot
> will see my memory stick but not this power hungry large HDD.

You can find out if it is USB2 or USB3 if you look at the colour of the slot, USB3 is marked blue. This picture <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0#/media/File:Lenovo_x220.jpg> shows a USB2 port on the right and a USB3 port on the left. I don't think there are memory sticks which really need the power of USB3, only the higher speed gives an adavantage if you use a USB3 port instead of USB2.

> Thank you Nils

You're welcome!


Nils