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

[Colin Law]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 at 09:36, Stephen Constantinou via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All
>
> Nils has cracked it.
>
> The laptop has 2 x USB 2 slots and 1 x USB 3 slot.  I had been putting
> the ext HDD into the USB 3 slot. So I put it in each of the USB 2 slots
> and it worked.
>
> 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.
>

Are you saying that it works on usb2 but not usb3?  I would have
expected it to be the other way round.

Colin L.