One thing I will say, if you do install VeraCrypt, when you get to the bit where it may ask to format the drive, make sure you put NTFS in the format mode, I did it in FAT (default choice) first of all and it takes like 10 hours to encrypt! hence I am redoing it.
I'm just encrypting my USB drive with said software, anyone have it, is it good?
Also, for those that don't encrypt their portable drives, it is probably a good idea to do so. This is a free app.