Everyone has files that they don’t want other to see. It may be a document consisting of all your login passwords, your bank account information or the romance photos/videos (oops ) . | Make Tech Easier April 17 2008 Damien TrueCrypt Encrypt Your Data The Easy Way Everyone has files that they don t want other to see. It may be a document consisting of all your login passwords your bank account information or the romance photos videos oops. that you want to keep out of your wife husband s sight. In case you are wondering how to encrypt the files folders entire hard drive and keep it safe from prying eyes here is an easy method. TrueCrypt is a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista XP Mac OS X and Linux. What it does is to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. You can use it to encrypt files with sensitive content encrypt an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive encrypt a partition or drive where Windows is installed. This will prevent people from booting up your laptop in the event that it is stolen. In this tutorial I will illustrate the installation and configuration of TrueCrypt on a Linux machine to be exact Ubuntu Gutsy . The procedure will be the same for Windows and Mac OSX. Printed with v joliprint Download TrueCrypt from http . org . Choose your installer format. Since I am using Ubuntu I selected Ubuntu - x86 .deb from the Linux dropdown box. Save the tar file to your home folder. Extract it using Archive Manager. You should find a file inside the extracted folder. Double click to install the application. Open up the terminal Application - Accessories - Terminal type truecrypt The main window will pop up. Create a new file volume Press Create Volume to open up a new window. Check the button beside Create a standard True-Crypt volume . If you do not want your file volume to be visible select Create a hidden TrueCrypt vo-lume . Click Next. http truecrypt-encrypt-your-data-the-easy-way 2008 04 17 Page 1 Make Tech Easier April 17 2008 TrueCrypt Encrypt Your Data The Easy Way In .
