Way to ecrypt files on hard disk so that no one could use them . with strong ecryption

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Published on 2010-05-19T10:05:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 10:10 UTC
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Is there a ay to ecrypt files on hard disk under windows so that no one could use them . with strong ecryption

say, before I leave my pc, I run this procedure and all needed files get ecrypted

then I get back and decrypt those files

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