Hi All
I'm trying to move from a 500GB hard drive with 120GB space free to a 256GB SSD Drive.
The whole hard drive is encrypted which I believe doubles the used space on the HDD.....so I only have 190GB of data, of which 50GB can be deleted.
I think I need to:
Decrypt the HDD
Clone to SSD
Encrypt just the folders I need on the SSD
Is this right and if so how do I go about it.
Thanks
Mark
Encrypted HDD to Decrypted SDD
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Encrypted HDD to Decrypted SDD
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Mute Ant
Re: Encrypted HDD to Decrypted SDD
"which I believe" Err no. Encryption causes the plain-text data to be scrambled before it is stored on the drive, but there is still a 1:1 mapping between the original and scrambled versions...
(plain-block-X) * (block-X-key) -----> (scrambled-block-X)
(scrambled-block-X) / (block-X-key) -----> (plain-block-X)
If you have 380GB of encrypted data you need 380GB of space to make a plain-text copy.
"how do I go about it"
I would use a third store as a temporary holding area for everything, a 1TB removable drive, with the bonus of having a backup before you do something horribly permanent to the original.
Editing data so you only keep the important stuff is prone to error. I have learned not to fiddle with data until there's a verified backup available.
(plain-block-X) * (block-X-key) -----> (scrambled-block-X)
(scrambled-block-X) / (block-X-key) -----> (plain-block-X)
If you have 380GB of encrypted data you need 380GB of space to make a plain-text copy.
"how do I go about it"
I would use a third store as a temporary holding area for everything, a 1TB removable drive, with the bonus of having a backup before you do something horribly permanent to the original.
Editing data so you only keep the important stuff is prone to error. I have learned not to fiddle with data until there's a verified backup available.
Re: Encrypted HDD to Decrypted SDD
as always, the query is - "why the encryption"? - is it really, necessary?
- as it just adds another layer of potential issues. . .
you should decrypt the Data, any way & before you copy anything over to the SSD.
in theory, you could just copy the whole encrypted Data over to the SSD,
but there is an element of risk, attached to that.
do back-up, the whole setup, just in case & before you do anything, else.
- as it just adds another layer of potential issues. . .
you should decrypt the Data, any way & before you copy anything over to the SSD.
in theory, you could just copy the whole encrypted Data over to the SSD,
but there is an element of risk, attached to that.
do back-up, the whole setup, just in case & before you do anything, else.
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