Xubuntu HDD Encrypting My Windows HDD

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I have Recently Installed Xubuntu On One Of My HDDs In My Desktop And Wanted To Encrypt It Will It Effect My Other HDDs And Operating Systems
 
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So you have this Linux derivative OS on... say your D: drive, of a Windows 7(?) based computer and want to encrypt it like any regular file? With BitLocker or something similar?

It shouldn't effect anything else. As nothing in Windows would require it to function.
 
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Well, you won't be booting into Windows. Your bios/UEFI will find nothing but garbled nonsense. To encrypt Windows and still have it function, you have to do it from a program installed on the OS.

Now if somehow Xubuntu can function like say... truecrypt, then that is "beyond my knowledge".
I'm not super knowledgeable about Linux.
 
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You have to encrypt windows in windows otherwise you'd be unable to open anything while working in windows. It would also block Xubuntu from opening them.
Is your goal to be the only one that can view the Windows drive when
running Linux?
Or do you want files that only you can access whether in Xubuntu or Windows? If that is the case, I've not done this but it should work, make a compressed/password protected folder in windows and put your files in it. They'll be password protected at both ends. It's not encryption but at least more secure.
 
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My Goal Is to have nothing access my Xubuntu Drive While In Windows And Nothing Access My Windows Drive While In Xubuntu. But i also Want to protect my information by having both drives encrypted
 
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Then it sounds like truecrypt is indeed what you are looking for. http://www.truecrypt.org/ it is available in windows and linux. DON'T LOSE YOUR PASSWORD! If you do you are screwed.
 
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The story of the Brazilian banker Daniel Dantas is well documented. The guy was corrupt (charged with numerous financial crimes). The police in Brazil raided his apartment and seized his computers. His hard drives were encrypted with TrueCrypt and possibly again with another program, maybe BitLocker? The Brazilian Police eventually gave up and asked the FBI for help. The FBI put a supercomputer to work on it; a powerful brute-force attack. After 6 months they gave up. Daniel probably used a key file, or a 20+ digit random(nonsense) password.
 
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