How can I do to secure information in case someone stole my computer

I'm worried about the security of the information on my computer and in particular an external hard drive. If someone breaks into the House and stole the hard drive, for example, is there a way I can lock a file so that I can see it?

Thanks a lot if you can help.

Hello.

Take a look at Truecrypt. This is a free software that let's you encrypt folder, file or package records securly.

http://www.TrueCrypt.org/

Note that if you encrypt something and forget the password, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to recover the data, so be careful if you choose to do so.

Here is a tutorial for beginners use Truecrypt:

http://www.TrueCrypt.org/docs/?s=tutorial

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