Thanks! I thought Vanitygen was for bitcoin though? So it works for both? Just a little confused

EDIT: I should have used Google first heh.. I see that you can use it for other altcoins https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen

I am running Windows 8 so I understand I cannot use a software like TrueCrypt for encryption. What do you guys recommend? I understand that there's a possibility that wallet.dat becomes corrupted and that the only way to avoid that situation and loss of coins associated with that risk is to keep multiple backups of the wallet and to keep the wallet encrypted at all times. What other steps would you guys use before I go through the steps to buy PTS through an exchange?