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<p>If your Tails is broken and you are trying to rescuecover your Persistent Storage,
see our [[instructions on rescuing your[[recovering the Persistent
Storage ofrom a broken Tails|doc/first_steps/persistence/rescue]]recover]] instead.</p>

<p>If your Tails is broken and you are trying to recover your Persistent Storage,
see [[recovering the Persistent Storage of a broken Tails|recover]] instead.</p>

<h1 id="createing">Create a new Tails to store your backuping a backup Tails USB stick using <i>Tails Cloner</i></h1>

<h1 id="creating">Creating a backup Tails USB stick using <i>Tails Cloner</i></h1>

We recommend you to create another Tails to store your backup by cloning from your current Tails. This way, if your Tails is lost or damaged, you can replace it immediately with your backup Tails.

We recommend you to create another Tails to store your backup by cloning from your current Tails. This way, if your Tails is lost or damaged, you can replace it immediately with your backup Tails.

Start on the Tails USB stick that you want to back up and clone *from*.

[[!meta title="Making a backup ofWhen starting Tails, unlock your Persistent Storage"]]
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When starting Tails, unlock your Persistent Storage.

Plug in the old Tails device fromnew USB stick on which you want to crescuate your databackup Tails USB stick and clone *to*.

Plug in the new USB stick on which you want to create your backup Tails USB stick and clone *to*.

Choose **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Tails Cloner**.

Turn on the option **Clone the current Persistent Storage** below the option **Clone the current Tails**.

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Make sure that the new USB stick is selected in the **Target USB stick** menu.

To start the cloning, click on the **Install** button.

Enter a passphrase for the Persistent Storage on the new USB stick in the **Passphrase** text box.

Enter the same passphrase again in the **Confirm** text box.

Click **Continue**.

Cloning takes a few minutes.

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<p>The progress bar usually freezes for some time
while synchronizing data on disk.</p>

Create a new device<h1 id="updating">Updating your backup Tails using the <i>Back Up Persistent Storage</i> utility</h1>

<h1 id="updating">Updating your backup Tails using the <i>Back Up Persistent Storage</i> utility</h1>

Start on your current Tails.