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file in the dialog box that appeared. That
resulted in what you see in the screenshot.
Also note that you can create this volume on
a removable drive.
Next you have a lot of encryption options,
but just select AES
( 6 ) and click
through. AES-256
encryption is
considered the
strongest form of
encryption and
cannot be cracked
with brute strength,
so it should work
for your purposes.
Now you need
to decide how big
you want your


container to
be. You can’t
go back and
make it bigger
later, so you
should shoot
for the moon,
assuming you
have enough
room. We
decided to
make ours
1GB.
With that
information
inputted, the program is ready to create the
volume on your drive. Don’t be afraid by all
the hacker-looking stuff on the screen—just
click Format ( 7 ) and you’re off to the races.
Once the process is completed, it will show

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