@crowgirl@hachyderm.io I wrote you this in Reddit but I put it here also for visibility here's what I think is happening: The home directory is probably encrypted with ecryptfs (file-based encryption), not the whole disk with LUKS. This is a common Ubuntu setup option. Try this: Open a terminal and run: ls /media/kubuntu/kubuntu_2404/home Can you see your username folder? Can you see files inside it, or does it look like gibberish/encrypted filenames? If it looks encrypted, you need to decrypt your home folder: sudo apt install ecryptfs-utils sudo ecryptfs-recover-private /media/kubuntu/kubuntu_2404/home/.ecryptfs It'll ask for your login password (the one you used to log into 24.04).