by Gina Trapani Everyone's got files they'd like to keep out the
the hands of intruders or casual passerby. Ever concerned you'll
lose the thumb drive where you backed up four years of post-
graduate research? Every worried your 5-year-old will
accidentally open the um, grownup files just meant for Mommy and
Daddy? Worry no more. Today we'll go over a simple way to
encrypt sensitive files or entire external disk drives to
protect them from prying eyes. Recently-featured TrueCrypt is a
free, open source encryption application that works on Windows
and Linux. Given the right credentials, TrueCrypt will create a
virtual hard drive that will read and write encrypted files on
the fly. Huh-wha? Fear not; this'll make sense once we get it
set up. Let's get started. Set up the encrypted volume location
- Download TrueCrypt, install and launch. - Hit the "Create
Volume" button to launch the wizard that prepares the encrypted
drive location. Choose "Create a Standard TrueCrypt Volume" and
hit Next. Hit the "Select File"