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

[Stephen Constantinou]

Dear All

On the laptop it works on USB 2 and USB 3

On the desktop it works on all USB ports, except one.  Via the lsusb
command it would appear that the desktop does not have any USB 3 ports.

Hope that clarifies things

Stephen in London.  It has warmed up a bit


On 16/03/2025 11:52, Colin Law wrote:
> 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.
>