Hi friends, This world is full of changes and surprises. The concepts which are important as related to technology are Data Encryption, Enryption Software, File Encryption etc.With all the reports of data loss these days, many folks are asking how they can best secure their own data while traveling with their laptops. For those travelers and "sensitive imformation carriers" that want the ability to transparent access and secure their personal data while traveling, I usually recommend that they consider encrypting their data with the open source solution TrueCrypt.Here we will explore the methods that I use to help protect my own data as well as maintain the easy of use that I had grown used to. While TrueCrypt is a multi platform solution, the usage as described below is on a Dell laptop with Windows XP Pro.
Data Encryption Software
* Download and install the encryption software, TrueCrypt.
* As I did with creating a backup partition, I created a partition for just my data. But this time, I created it as a file on my data partition.
* Once the new TrueCrypt partition has been created, mount the new partition move all personal data including My Documents, My Pictures, IE Favorites, FireFox Bookmarks, Outlook .pst files, Thunderbird data, Temporary Folders and any other data that you want to secure.
* Remap your default Windows folders to the newly secured locations
* Set the encrypted partition as a favorite and tell TrueCrypt to mount it on startup.
* Set TrueCrypt to start at Windows start.
Now, every time Windows starts, TrueCrypt will prompt for your password and then mount your secure partition. While this method is not foolproof, now really are, you can now rest reasonably sure that if your laptop is ever stolen, your personal data will remain safe.
Data Encryption Software
* Download and install the encryption software, TrueCrypt.
* As I did with creating a backup partition, I created a partition for just my data. But this time, I created it as a file on my data partition.
* Once the new TrueCrypt partition has been created, mount the new partition move all personal data including My Documents, My Pictures, IE Favorites, FireFox Bookmarks, Outlook .pst files, Thunderbird data, Temporary Folders and any other data that you want to secure.
* Remap your default Windows folders to the newly secured locations
* Set the encrypted partition as a favorite and tell TrueCrypt to mount it on startup.
* Set TrueCrypt to start at Windows start.
Now, every time Windows starts, TrueCrypt will prompt for your password and then mount your secure partition. While this method is not foolproof, now really are, you can now rest reasonably sure that if your laptop is ever stolen, your personal data will remain safe.
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