How to Encrypt Private Files/Folders in Mint 7

[nujinini]

Hi!

I have installed several OSes and have been truly enjoying them all but lately, I decided to separate my private files and put em all in Mint 7. In connection with this, may I please ask for some guidance on how to do the following please:

1) How to encrypt my personal folders/files inside Mint 7?
2) How to prevent the same partition from mounting in the other partitions to prevent gaining access?
3) If somebody has a better suggestion, I would really appreciate it.

By the way, I decided to start this thread in ubuntu since I think the solution can be closely associated with the ubunt-mint relationship. However, If the moderators feel this should go to another place, kindly do so, please.

Thank you in advance!

Cheers!

[RobinVossen]

You can either use TrueCrypt or an Encrypted filesystem.

Cheers,
Robin