Linux Mint 18 - Fast & Easy Way to Encrypt Partition

This tutorial provides a quick encryption using Ext4 filesystem with the gnome disk application. Watch the video & read the instructions carefully.

Before you do this make sure the drive (volume) you format has no data you need! This process will erase the drive and put in a password to unlock the drive.

1. Insert your drive, then open the disks app (wait for your drive to appear/load into the list on the left pane (in this scenario its imation 32 classic)
2. Click/Highlight the drive on the left pane (imation 32 classic, highlighted in blue)
3. Click on the gears/settings icon, click format.
4. A window appears and look for TYPE, you want to click on the drop down button highlighted in blue (this will give you format options to select from)
5. Select Encrypted compatible with linux systems (LUKS+EXT4)
6. Name if you must (Mine is imation 32)
7. Then enter a passphrase
8. enter passphrase again
9. click format then a window appears to confirm your request (ensure its the correct drive!) If so click format again.
10. Wait for it to re mount the drive you just encrypted.
11. Look for the padlock key, or under contents it tells you if the drive is locked or unlocked. I'm just showing you can lock or unlock it in this app.
12. I close the app, unplug drive then plug it back it again a window appears to enter passphrase and select the radio button below for your preferences on how you wish to deal with this drive in the future. I selected Remember your password until you logout, then click connect.
13. Now the drive is unlocked and you can put files in there (to lock manually remember the padlock in gnome disk app or logout, I show this at the end)

That's it your finished!

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Three questions; what operating system are you using (I like the way icons look and display)? I have an encrypted 32-bit version of an OS currently running Linux and want to upgrade to 64-bit version of OS how do I upgrade? Will just loading the new 64-bit version of OS overwrite encrypted version?