It became a national holiday in 1948, but it has been a day of celebration in Japan since ancient times. The fifth day of the fifth month was traditionally called Tango no Sekku and was a festival for boys. Girls have their own festival, called Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival), held on the third day of the third month.
Expressions full disk encryption (FDE) or whole disk encryption signify that everything on disk is encrypted, but the master boot record (MBR), or similar area of a bootable disk, with code that starts the operating system loading sequence, is not encrypted.
This article describes how to use the Windows XP Encrypting File System (EFS) feature to store files in an encrypted format on your hard disk. Encryption is the process of converting data into a format that cannot be read by others. You can use EFS to automatically encrypt your data when it is stored on the hard disk.The EFS feature is not included in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. You can encrypt files only on volumes that are formatted with the NTFS file system. Locate the file that you want, right-click the file, and then click Properties. 2  On the General tab, click Advanced. 3  Under Compress or Encrypt attributes, select the Encrypt contents to secure data check box, and then click OK. 4  Click OK.