[churin]

Thank you for the info and suggestion.
Terry Farrell wrote:
IF you use a long (at least 12 digits) and sensibly random password, the
file is as safe as can be from casual thieves. However, absolutely no
encryption is safe from government agencies: they can crack anything
given time and reason.

Note that some new notebooks have an embedded security chip (TPM -
Trusted Platform Module) that can be used with security software
provided by the manufacturer (i.e. HP Protect Tools) that will encrypt
your whole hard drive. There are also third party utilities that will do
a similar task. Try a search in Google for laptop drive encryption.