TrueCrypt provides virtual encrypted disk functionality for Windows. It can host a virtual filesystem within a file or across an entire device (including a flash drive).
... until the collector arrives ...
This "blog" is really just a scratchpad of mine. There is not much of general interest here. Most of the content is scribbled down "live" as I discover things I want to remember. I rarely go back to correct mistakes in older entries. You have been warned :)