[[!meta title="Recovering the Persistent Storage of a broken Tails"]]
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If your Tails becomes broken, for example, if it no longer starts,you can follow these instructions to try to rescuecover data from your Persistent Storage.
If your Tails becomes broken, for example, if it no longer starts, follow these instructions to try to recover data from your Persistent Storage.
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<p>It is advisable toWe recommend you always keep a current backup of your Persistent Storage. To learn how to create a backup of your Persistent Storage, see our [[instructions on how to back up your Persistent Storage to another Tails USB stick|backup]].</p>
<p>We recommend you always keep a current backup of your Persistent Storage. To learn how to create a backup of your Persistent Storage, see our [[instructions on how to back up your Persistent Storage to another Tails USB stick|backup]].</p>
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Install Tails on a new USB stick onto which you want to rescuecover your Persistent Storage. Make sure that this new USB stick is at least as large as the USB stick that has your broken Tails on it.
Install Tails on a new USB stick onto which you want to recover your Persistent Storage. Make sure that this new USB stick is at least as large as the USB stick that has your broken Tails on it.
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1. Choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸ <span class="guisubmenu">System Tools</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Root Terminal</span> </span> to open a terminal with administration rights.
1. Choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸ <span class="guisubmenu">System Tools</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Root Terminal</span> </span> to open a terminal with administration rights.
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<pre> sent 32.32M bytesreceived 1.69K bytes21.55M bytes/sec total size is 32.30Mspeedup is 1.00 </pre>