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To create the Persistent Storage, choose **Apps ▸ Tails ▸ Persistent Storage**.
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<p>To help you remember your passphrase, you can write it on a piece of
paper, store it in your wallet for a few days, and destroy it once
you know it well.</p>
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<p>We recommend choosing a long passphrase made of 5 to 7 random words.
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/">Learn
about the maths behind memorizable and secure passphrases.</a></p>
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<p>After the creation is finished, you can start [[configuring your Persistent
Storage|configure]].</p>
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The creation process takes a few seconds.
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Click **Create Persistent Storage**.
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Type again the same passphrase in the **Confirm** text box.
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<p>It is impossible to recover your passphrase if you forget it!</p>
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Type a passphrase of your choice in the **Passphrase** text box.
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Click **Continue** to start the creation assistant.
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<p>If you get the error message <i>Sorry, impossible to create a Persistent
Storage on this device</i>, you need to follow our instructions on [[installing
Tails on a USB stick|install]].</p>
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When run for the first time, or after [[deleting a previous Persistent Storage|delete]], an assistant allows you to create a Persistent Storage in the free space left on the USB stick.
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<p>If you receive the error message while running Tails using
<i>virt-manager</i>, then you need to
[[run Tails from our USB image|doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/virt-manager#usb_image]]
instead of our ISO image.</p>
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