en	[[!meta title="Accessing the internal hard disk"]]

en	<div class="caution">

en	<p>Accessing internal disks of the computer has security implications:

en	You can leave traces of your Tails activities on the hard disks. If Tails is compromised, a malware could install itself on your usual operating system. If an application in Tails is compromised, it could access private data on your disks and use it to deanonymize you.

en	</p>

en	</div>

en	To access internal hard disks:

en	When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].

en	Open the *Files* browser.

en	Choose **Other Locations** in the left sidebar.

en	Click on the hard disk of your choice in the right pane.

en	If your usual operating system is in hibernation, accessing it might corrupt your file system. Only access your disk if your system was shut down properly.

en	<div class="note">

en	If you have a GNU/Linux system on your disks, you can only access files owned by the first user (with UID 1000) on that system.

en	In all cases, you might encounter permissions problems. To bypass permission limitations, you can run the Files browser with administration rights.