Steps 2-11 below are best used in conjunction with the Beginner's Tutorial.
TrueCrypt can be downloaded from the developer's website at www.truecrypt.org 
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Once downloaded, double-click the TrueCrypt Setup 7.0a.exe and follow the instructions.
After the installation has completed, run the TrueCrypt application (usually from the start menu, or a shortcut on the desktop).
Note: It is also possible to extract the package contents to a directory without installing TrueCrypt on the system. TrueCrypt can then be started directly using either a batch file, or the TrueCrypt.exe file within the directory.
Note: I chose to Create an encrypted file container. This allows you to easily move, copy or back up the encrypted volume from Windows Explorer.
Note: I chose a Standard TrueCrypt volume.
Note: I left never save history checked, and then clicked Select File and browsed to the location where I wanted the volume to be created.
Note: I named the file with the extension .tc, i.e. myvolume.tc, for easy reference.
Note: I chose the default settings of AES.
Note:
The maximum size for a file on a FAT32 system is 4GB. If a larger volume is needed the partition must first be formatted to NTFS.
To check the file system of the drive, go to Start > Run, type compmgmt.msc and click OK. Under Storage, click Disk Management, and all drives should be listed along with their file system.
Microsoft explains how to format a basic volume .
Please note this will delete all the data on the volume.
When specifying a volume size, I left some spare disk space on the drive, so that later I could add the TrueCrypt.exe and truecrypt.sys files. This allows you to remove the drive and access the encrypted data on another PC (admin privileges permitting) without having to install TrueCrypt. It also allows you to store other files on the drive which do not need to be encrypted.
Note: As suggested, make sure you randomly move your mouse pointer within the wizard for at least thirty seconds to create a strong encryption key
After you click Format, TrueCrypt will begin to create a file as specified in Step 6. Depending on the size of the container being encrypted this may take some time.
Once this has finished, the volume is encrypted and ready for use.
To access the encrypted data, the volume needs to be mounted. This can be done from within the TrueCrypt application or by creating a batch file, which will automate much of the process.
The encrypted space should now be accessible from Windows Explorer as a mounted drive using the drive letter selected previously.
This is useful for automating many of the steps needed when using the TrueCrypt application, and is my preferred method.
First, copy the required TrueCrypt files to the top level of the drive:
Next create the batch file, as below, to mount or dismount the volume. The file can be created in notepad but should be saved as a .bat extension, not .txt.
The above examples are where:
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