Encrypt your USB Drive’s Data

Do you have data on your USB drive that could be accessed by someone if they found your key drive?
Do you have sensitive data that you need to protect, but don’t want to pay for expensive software?
TrueCrypt was designed for you and in this section you’ll learn how to use it.

NOTE: Do not encrypt the entire drive your OS is stored on. You can encrypt parts of the drive, 
but not system files.

Download TrueCrypt :

1.  Dowload TrueCrypt

2.  Run the installer.

      3.  When prompted, select Extract and click Next 

4.  Extract the files to your USB key drive in a folder

named TrueCrypt .

       You can delete other files in the directory if u wish..

       Ensure you keep the four files as depicted above ..

Encrypt part of your USB drive:

1. Run TrueCrypt.exe.

2.  Once loaded, specify a drive letter that will become

the encrypted volume (the drive letter of your USB

drive won’t change—but will show as two different

drive letters when you complete this tutorial.)

3.  Click Create Volume . Your USB drive will still keep

its letter (e.g ."R") will be split into two

virtual drives (so the encrypted data will appear as

a “[your chosen letter]” drive in Computer after you

finish the setup.)

4. Now click Create a standard TrueCrypt volume and

click Next .

5. The next screen will ask you where you want to

store the volume. Save a file named Container in

the TrueCrypt folder on your USB thumb drive and click Next

6.  Specify the size of the encrypted volume (I suggest

you use 1/2 the size of the drive.)

7. Create a secure password.

8. Now click Format and your Container will be

formatted.

                  9.  After a confirmation message, click Exit 

When you are done, go back to TrueCrypt and Click

Dismount. Congratulations, you now have your data encrypted on your USB drive.

Verify Your Encrypted Drive Works:

1.  Go to your Computer and look for a “W” (or letter

you choose)drive.Its not there; good news!

2.  Open TrueCrypt.

3. Click the drive letter you chose in the previous

steps.

4.  Click Select File and find your Container you

created.

5. Click Mount .

6. Type in your password and click OK and your

volume will mount.

                  7.  Go to Computer and your drive will be there.

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Windows Registry

What is the Windows Registry?
Think of the Windows registry as a control center for your computer.
Windows settings, individual program settings, and other important configuration information
 are stored here.
The registry is made up of the following components:

•Keys

•Subkeys

•Values

Access the Windows Registry Editor

Figure  shows how to open the registry editor..
Click on windows type regedit in search. 
















Add Keys or Values

Add a New Key:

To add a new key:

1.  Right click on the parent key.

                  2. Click New > Key
Add a New Value:

1.  Navigate to the key that you want to add a value to.

2. Right click in the blank space of the right pane.

      3. Click New > xx (Where xx is the value)

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Dual Boot Windows Vista with Windows 7

Windows Vista natively manages partitions; you will need to create a second partition for Windows 7.
Once you have created the partition, you can install Windows 7 on it.

Create a New Partition (Vista):

To create a second partition on your hard drive in Windows Vista: 

1.  Click the Start button, right click Computer, and

click Manage 

 2.  In the left pane, click Disk Management .

3.  Now create a new partition by shrinking a previous

volume so you can use the newly created space.

Right click on the partition and click Shrink

Volume .

4.  Input the size, in MB, by which you want to shrink

the partition. I recommend 32 GB (32,768 MB.)

Windows 7 requires a minimum of 16 GB (16,384

MB.)

5.  Now right click the free space and click New Simple Volume…

  

6.  Click Next .

7. Specify the volume size and click Next .

8.  Assign an unused letter to the drive and click Next

 

9.  Format the drive as NTFS, give it a label, and click

Next

 

10. Click Finish.

install Windows 7 on your newly created partition.

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