So I just upgraded to Windows 8 from Windows 7 because of my ultra slow laptop. Things do work a bit faster (probably because it's clean but still).
The first program I got was Truecrypt which I have used for many years, but I used version 7.1a and never updated since then.
When I went to truecrypt.sourceforge website I noticed the latest version was 7.2, installed it; tried to encrypt my drive. No matter what I did I always got "Truecrypt is not safe anymore please use bitlocker instead" error message. That message came up ALL the time. I downgraded to my previous version 7.1a, and then everything worked completely fine.
With that said, I just want to inform to all of you who wants your "secret" information safe. DO NOT, I repeat: DO NOT use Bitlocker. I'm almost 100% sure that there is a backdoor in it and if someone of high authority want to access your hard drive, they can do that without any problems. So stay with truecrypt 7.1a!
If you want to download version 7.1a, then look in attachments.
To be continued!