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."
Now, about /your/ question...
On 1/2/23 16:03, Alex Mandel wrote:
Doug,
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?
Does the drive in question contain any files you will miss? If not
reformatting and remounting it would probably be the easiest solution.
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?)
Thanks,
Alex
On 12/27/22 15:23, Douglas Walter wrote:
Hi folks. Happy end-of-2022 to you, and best wishes for a "fossy" New
Year.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
--
Wag more, bark less
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Doug Walter, home account,[email protected]
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