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<p>That's reasonable, given the results, but not reasonable for what
I believe that I did: I would not choose to encrypt a drive! I
always figure that my habits are the best protection (do not take
my laptop many places), and that anyone with physical access and a
desire can probably break my "locks."</p>
<p>Now, about <i>your</i> question...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/2/23 16:03, Alex Mandel wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:4a3e69c6-d8e9-0b3c-cf4d-faad0c04720f@wildintellect.com">Doug,
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I don't think this is a matter of ownership, but rather
encryption. Do you recall when you setup the OS what encryption
settings you picked for this drive?
<br>
Does the drive in question contain any files you will miss? If not
reformatting and remounting it would probably be the easiest
solution.</blockquote>
So, I have all sorts of files on the HD that I cherish, but only in
the Windows partition (a few) and the small Elementary partition
(all of which can be re-backed up). The 174GB Encrypted Drive is
(AFAIK) empty. Is it possible to reformat and remount just that
partition? (Follow up: how?)<br>
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cite="mid:4a3e69c6-d8e9-0b3c-cf4d-faad0c04720f@wildintellect.com">
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Thanks,
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Alex
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On 12/27/22 15:23, Douglas Walter wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hi folks. Happy end-of-2022 to you, and
best wishes for a "fossy" New Year.
<br>
<br>
In the fall, I set up a Dell laptop with Elementary Linux in a
separate hard disk partition from the Windows that it came with.
(I got this as a "salvage" computer from my then-work; I don't
believe there was any problem with the OS, I just had no desire
to use it for my personal computing.)
<br>
<br>
In the setup, I made a separate partition for most of the
storage space on the HD, because it was recommended that the
files for the OS be apart. I did something wrong with ownership
of that 174 GB storage partition, though. I can "see" it as a
disk named "174 GB Encrypted" but I cannot access it.
Consequently, I have enough room to send and receive email, but
not curate a lot of music or videos.
<br>
<br>
The Elementary setup used GParted and I have downloaded a copy
of it to, potentially, run and make changes. But I don't know to
what I should change the ownership of the "Encrypted" partition;
clearly, I should change it to something I can access, but I'm
pretty clear that I don't understand the disk structure and
permissions well enough to be sure of what I'd doing.
<br>
<br>
I would appreciate guidance. In particular, I'd love to get the
kind of access to expertise that used to be available at
"Installfests" - although I understand why LUGOD isn't running
any of those now! If someone is comfortable contacting me at
this address, we can take the conversation off the list - unless
there are others who want to find out how I climb out of this
"HD hole." Thanks in advance.
<br>
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