I use truecrypt for the same purpose but on USB flash drives. From there website:<div><br></div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><table width="922" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">
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<ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0px; "><li>Creates a <b>virtual encrypted disk</b> within a file and mounts it as a real disk. <br><br></li><li>Encrypts an<b> entire partition or storage device</b> such as USB flash drive or hard drive.<br>
<br></li><li>Encrypts a <b>partition or drive where Windows is installed</b> (<a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=system-encryption" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">pre-boot authentication</a>).<br>
<br></li><li>Encryption is <a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; "><b>automatic</b>, <b>real-time</b> (on-the-fly) and <b>transparent</b></a>.<br><br></li><li><a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=parallelization" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Parallelization</a> and <a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=pipelining" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">pipelining</a> allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted.<br>
<br></li><li>Encryption can be <a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=hardware-acceleration" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">hardware-accelerated</a> on modern processors.<br><br></li><li>Provides <b><a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=plausible-deniability" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">plausible deniability</a></b>, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:<br>
<br><b><a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/hiddenvolume" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Hidden volume</a></b> (steganography) and <b><a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=hidden-operating-system" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">hidden operating system</a></b>.</li>
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