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Re:Btrfs Allocator Hints by taskforcegemini on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @11:57AM (#44572505)
probably depends on where the issue is located, but is this not normally the case with encrypted drives?
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Re:Btrfs Allocator Hints by sandreas on Friday July 18, 2025 @04:25PM (#44609411)
No. Encrypted drives should be recoverable as long as you have the valid decryption values.

I think it had nothing to do with the encryption layer... the FS layer was the problem.

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