how to create a two encrypted partitions out of a 1tb SSD drive?

hello, i recently bought a new laptop,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CS8B2N24?re ... title&th=1

a HP Essential Business Laptop, 17.3" FHD Display, Intel Core i5-1334U, 32GB RAM, 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Webcam, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Pro, Silver

and i downloaded linuxmint-22.1-cinnamon-64bit and flashed it to a usb to install to the laptop

now on my new laptop, i have a 1tb SSD drive, and i would like to partition it into two encrypted 500gb drives, one for my system one for my files

why? a few reasons

1: i would like to be able to reformat my system for security purposes and not lose all my files

2: i would like to not lose all my files if my system were to have a problem and get corrupted and i need to reformat for that reason

3: i would like to be able to reformat and distro hop when ever i want and not lose my files

with that being said, how do i do this? i am able to boot up into Linux mint with my new laptop, i go to select something else but then it gives me this weird partition table that i have no clue about and I'm lost

any help would be appreciated, thank you

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