How to Encrypt Your Windows System Drive With VeraCrypt

 How to Encrypt Your Windows System Drive With VeraCrypt

- Encryption is the best way to ensure attackers can’t read your files. It scrambles your files into random-looking gibberish and you need a secret key to access them. Even if someone gains access to your physical hard drive, they’ll need your password (or key file) to actually see what you have on the drive. Of course, this doesn’t protect you against malware that attacks your PC while it’s running—just against someone stealing your PC or its hard drive and trying to view your files - VeraCrypt is a free and open-source tool you can use to enable full-disk encryption on any Windows PC. It works on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and even XP. - It’s not complicated to use: After setting it up, you just have to enter your encryption password each time you boot your PC. You use your computer normally after it boots. VeraCrypt handles the encryption in the background, and everything else happens transparently. It can also create encrypted file containers, but we’re focusing on encrypting your system drive here.

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