encryption: private data

[I]Hey, New member to the forum, had a look through some threads and found some interesting reads, very intelligent people on this forum, which is why it got me interested in registered with this community. Thanks[/I]

And now back to the topic, encryption; sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but id like to ask myself and get replies from people who could help.

I would like to encrypt my hard drive(s) and i would like to know how i could encrypt a usb dongle, (flash dongle).

I have confidential files in a USB Dongle and i would like to secure/encrypt it.

Any pointers?

Thankyou.

For the memory stick and/or files on your hard drive, Truecrypt would probably be a good choice:

[url]http://www.truecrypt.org/[/url]

When I encrypt my files for backup, I tar my home directory then encrypt it with GPG. This is another option, but Truecrypt is easier to use.

Whole-drive encryption is, in most cases, a lot harder to implement. Vista Ultimate includes whole-drive encryption, but on other operating systems there aren't any solutions I know of that don't require tons of tech knowledge.