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stefanvj

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Nov 21, 2016
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While my external hard drive was busy encrypting, the cable got disconnected and now it does not want to finish the conversion or allow me to access the drive. what should I do, it has been stuck on 88% for a day?
diskutil cs list:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)

|

+-- Logical Volume Group FDBE91EE-F311-43CA-8CAD-6E085F0458BC

| =========================================================

| Name: Macintosh HD

| Status: Online

| Size: 120473067520 B (120.5 GB)

| Free Space: 12656640 B (12.7 MB)

| |

| +-< Physical Volume A41FA486-EBBF-4621-8290-77E25CA72D3B

| | ----------------------------------------------------

| | Index: 0

| | Disk: disk0s2

| | Status: Online

| | Size: 120473067520 B (120.5 GB)

| |

| +-> Logical Volume Family 83DBD4B0-042D-42E0-8D1F-5244B86D8D31

| ----------------------------------------------------------

| Encryption Type: AES-XTS

| Encryption Status: Unlocked

| Conversion Status: Complete

| High Level Queries: Fully Secure

| | Passphrase Required

| | Accepts New Users

| | Has Visible Users

| | Has Volume Key

| |

| +-> Logical Volume 20FB977F-D554-4909-8BC2-D6DE793E02E2

| ---------------------------------------------------

| Disk: disk1

| Status: Online

| Size (Total): 120108089344 B (120.1 GB)

| Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)

| Revert Status: Reboot required

| LV Name: Macintosh HD

| Volume Name: Macintosh HD

| Content Hint: Apple_HFS

|

+-- Logical Volume Group CD394CDE-BD3E-4D67-A82D-E92B9D8969E3

=========================================================

Name: Backup

Status: Online

Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)

Free Space: 18923520 B (18.9 MB)

|

+-< Physical Volume 919E6C09-1D65-4DAB-B8C4-6FD31B6AB501

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk2s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 999860912128 B (999.9 GB)

|

+-> Logical Volume Family B30B8047-8985-4F23-A6E1-504CA4549100

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Type: AES-XTS

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Conversion Status: Converting (forward)

High Level Queries: Not Fully Secure

| Passphrase Required

| Accepts New Users

| Has Visible Users

| Has Volume Key

|

+-> Logical Volume 2A441E38-790C-42F3-99D3-A22E69057B89

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk3

Status: Online

Size (Total): 999489667072 B (999.5 GB)

Conversion Progress: 88%

Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)

LV Name: Backup

Volume Name: Backup

Content Hint: Apple_HFSX
 
Assuming there is not data on there you need, just run the command below in Terminal to kill the core storage volume, then reformat to encrypted format.

Code:
diskutil cs delete Backup
 
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