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.

Download TrueCrypt from http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php. Choose your installer format.

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