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Does Ubuntu have obstacles to operating after an SSD swap?

My problem is that several keys have stopped working on the keyboard of my Ubuntu machine, likely Ubuntu 22.04. I can't get past full disk de-encryption because my password needs some of the dead ...
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Self Encrypting SSD and Full Disk Encrytpion

I have a self encrypting Internal SSD from Samsung. I am clean installing Ubuntu 22.04 on my Laptop (1 TB PCIe 4 SSD, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, Intel i5-1240P), do I need to enable Full disk encryption (an ...
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Why is my Samsung 980 Pro SSD with LUKS and LVM locking up?

Brand new fully-optioned Alienware M15R7, dual SSDs, Windows 11 Home on disk0, Ubuntu LTS on disk1 Samsung 980 Pro SSD. LUKS and LVM configured in tandem on Ubuntu (disk1). Everything has worked ...
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How can I install Ubuntu 22.04 on a system with an SSD and a hard drive using full disk encryption?

I would like to install Ubuntu 22.04 on a PC with an NVMe solid-state drive for the OS and a traditional hard drive for /home, using full disk encryption. Before I buy the hardware, I have been trying ...
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LVM Encryption on Ubuntu Server

I have set up a small home server a few days ago and already configured some things. Unfortunately I have not selected the option Excryption of the LVM during the installation. Now I am looking for a ...
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Lost password for LUKS encrypted Ubuntu SSD. How do I reformat it?

The entire disk was encrypted with LUKS. If it helps, I believe this may have been the tutorial I used: https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-22-04-enable-full-disk-encryption There wasn't any important ...
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Putting /home in a different drive than root drive

I have SSD, and HDD, on a new computer that I am preparing installing Ubutu 20.04 on. Because the SSD, and HDD, will be RAIDed, and both will be natively encrypted, I am doing a manual install. I have ...
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Turn encrypted ssd external drive into a regular one

I want to buy an external ssd for photo and files storage. I see interesting offers, but most external ssd's with good reviews are encrypted. As I understand, encryption software works on Mac and ...
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How to enable SED (self encrypted disk) on Samsung 980 pro (NVMe)

I am setting up a brand new laptop (Tuxedo Infinitybook 14 Pro). The drive is an NVMe Samsung 980 Pro SSD. This drive is supposed to support AES Self encryption. Previously, I was using ATA drives (...
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Should I put Ubuntu on my SSD or HD? [closed]

I am getting a new desktop with a 500GB SSD and 1TB HD. I am wondering whether I should put the Ubuntu which will be my primary OS on the SSD or HD. On the other, I will be putting Windows as an ...
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Could Adiantum encryption cause SSD failure?

I recently encrypted a brand new Samsung 870 QVO 8TB SSD with an Adiantum cipher and within a day of using it, the drive failed. It is currently completely unrecognised. The Host OS was Ubuntu Desktop ...
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Best practice for encrypted external ssd [closed]

I want to have an encrypted external ssd for occasional backups. It seems like consumer products don't really support linux, so unless someone has a better suggestion I'm planning to format it myself ...
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Re-using previously Bitlocker encrypted SSD fails after formatting was aborted

In my other PC I had 2 identical Crucial MX 200 1 TB SSD drives which were both Bitlocker protected. I upgraded my other PC to NVM SSD and wanted to use them both old SSDs with Linux (Ubuntu 20.04). ...
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Remove LUKS decrypt

I was stupid enough to encrypt my SSD using the live ubuntu command using the command -. sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/nmp1n1 Then the system of course did not start by itself. I don't really ...
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Can't open SD card files, card locked by Bitlocker in Windows

When I open the SD card it shows different files related to the password created by Bitlocker in Windows. How can I enter the password, unlock the card, and access the files?
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