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Hey Hoppetossa, Unfortunately from memory I couldn't fix the issue and had to move to data recovery. Which is straight forward if you have recent backups. In my case I had to recover files the hard way. Fortunately, I summarised it in the linked HOW TO post: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.ph...

Thanks ajgringo619, I also forgot to add this link that breaks down performance and stability which I thought was useful and a good way of looking at the fs: https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Status BTW, Have you had any experience or comments on F2FS? I thought its results were interesting in...

to close this out, in the end I decided not to do a full .iso type image backup. Gnome Disks is ok for partitions but perhaps not the complete HDD? The primary issue is that the file size would be very large and the benefit limited. Instead I will go for at least a two part backup system: 1) Timeshi...

Ok, to close this out it looks like I would need to do a fresh install to a new filesystem like BTRFS. The following link benchmarks filesystems: Btrfs vs. EXT4 vs. F2FS vs. XFS https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-50-filesystems&num=1 Thank you to everyone for offering ...

Hi Flemur,

My ESP is indeed Fat32. Do you not share the other views that BTRFS should be avoided in favour of ext4? I had read that it was maturing as a technology and could deliver better performance from the SDD.

Thank you Kester. I will check it out.

Thank you guys for your opinions. I'll be sticking to ex4!

Hi!

How would one convert, if its possible, an existing installation from the Ext4 filesystem (disk partitions: ESP, root, and home) to BTRFS without corrupting the installation in the process?

The reason is that I have read that BTRFS is a good filesystem for SSDs

Thank you!

Hi all, By way of background I am looking to implement the following backup plan when I do a new install: 1) TimeShift as the system backup (excl home partition) - to be backed up at regular intervals 2) Rsync as the home directory backup - to be backed up at regular intervals 3) Gnome Disks to crea...

Hi xenopeek,

Don't mind at all! I hope others will find it useful.

Its been a painful experience but at least the post documents a possible solution. In the future, I think I'll stick to veracrypt!

And finally, I have access to my files. A big thank you to all that have helped :D :D Here are the steps I used to recover my files so hopefully others can avoid problems: 1) Log onto your PC 1.1) Create a bootable USB drive of the linux Mint live CD https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs....

Here are the steps I used to recover my files so hopefully others can avoid problems: 1) Log onto your PC 1.1) Create a bootable USB drive of the linux Mint live CD https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/burn.html 1.2) Boot into a session of Linux Mint using the Live CD https:...

ok, I have managed to obtain access to my data again. The key was to recover and use the mount passphrase (not the login passphrase) ]and then ecryptfs was successfully mounted. The only issue I have now is that the internal and external hard drives cannot be reached so I am unable to move the files...

right, not sure how, but ecryptfs is "working" now. Just one more error away!? mint@mint:~$ sudo su root@mint:/home/mint# /usr/bin/ecryptfs-recover-private INFO: Searching for encrypted private directories (this might take a while)... INFO: Found [/media/mint/1d8f3bdd-b89d-4ca6-8592-060660...

hi xenopeek,
Unfortunately, I can't see the option "open as administrator" you mention in the file menu of the file manager (nemo) - unable to take screenshot to confirm I'm in the right place. (i do have an option to open as root by right clicking - the elevated privileges don't help)

Thank you for your advice. I have taken manual backups to an external drive - although i need to increase the frequency in hindsight. Also, I have Timeshift taking automatic backups on a daily basis - although this time it hasn't worked. But, veracrypt does seem a better solution in the future!

Hi deepakdeshp

Thank you for your suggestion. I followed the instructions as best I could but in the end just can't access the data. The dreaded x appears again on my folder

Hi again! root@mint:/media/mint/1d8f3bdd-b89d-4ca6-8592-060660799cf0/home/userx# ecryptfs-mount-private ERROR: Encrypted private directory is not setup properly well, thank you so much for your help - it has been fantastic. It looks like we have come to the end of the road on this one and having giv...

here is the output: mint@mint:~$ sudo -i root@mint:~# cd /media/mint/1d8f3bdd-b89d-4ca6-8592-060660799cf0/home/userx root@mint:/media/mint/1d8f3bdd-b89d-4ca6-8592-060660799cf0/home/userx# ecryptfs-recover-private INFO: Searching for encrypted private directories (this might take a while)... find: ‘/...