I use encrypted drives for my data, and over the years I have used a 
couple of different paid for encryption programs, but I don't think 
you will find anything better or more featured then TrueCrypt 
http://www.truecrypt.org/ . You might be able to find something that 
is easier to use, but I really like the idea that Truecypt is open 
source.The program can be checked by the programing, and encryption 
community for it's quality of encryption, and lack of back doors, 
because the source code is readily available for download. When you 
use a retail or  shareware program for encryption, even from a large 
manufacturer you are taking their word that they are using the 
encryption they advertise, but that is not the case with Truecypt as 
anybody can review their source code. And with Truecrypt you won't 
have issues with multiple licenses.

I am also slowly switching over my password manager from a multiple 
license paid version of Password Manager XP, to open source KeePass 
http://keepass.info/ for the reasons stated above as well as I just 
like the interface better. Another plus is that being open source it 
is constantly being tweaked and improved by the open source community.

Mark Rode

At 09:09 AM 8/15/2010, you wrote:Taking this into
>account, I am looking for ways to secure my personal data. I am evaluating
>TrueCrypt and it has nice features. However, I would like to have input from
>the PCSOFT community as to what file/folder encryption software might work
>well. There is so much of it to chose from  that I would like some
>recommendations to narrow down what I might look at.
>
>Peter Shkabara
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