Re: Private folders

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"nguser" <notareal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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One is a computer idiot, the other is a high school tech nerd.
The teenager knows how to find stuff. He'll search for hidden
files and folders using wildcards and will locate any document in
the bowels of any computer.

I am using XP Pro.

1. Will encryption prevent them only from opening the files or
will they be able to see the filenames in Explorer but prevent
"accidental" deletions of the encrypted files?

With Truecrypt, they will only be able to see the container file but
nothing inside it.


2. Will I need to specifically encrypt every file I use/create or
will I be able to encrypt a folder and all its subfolders and
files? Obviously, I'm looking for a solution that is not labor
intensive. It would be nice to have a Business folder and simply
encrypt it and everything in it.


In a nutshell the way TrueCrypt works is that you create a large
"container file" that you name anything you want anywhere you want
(including USB thumb drives and network drives). Truecrypt then
allows you to "mount" this file (with the correct password) as if it
were another disk drive. Once mounted, you simply read/write to
this virtual drive as if it were a real drive. When dismounted,
everything you read or write to this disk drive is stored encrypted
and is inaccessible.

Truecrypt is freeware and just happens to be about the best freeware
I've come across. It allows instant privacy with virtually no
impact to your current mode of operation.

<http://www.truecrypt.org>

Good luck,
John
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