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The process described below overwrites the contents and configuration of the new Persistent
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Close the Persistent Storage settings after creation, when the list of features is displayed.
 
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Create a Persistent Storage on the new Tails.
 
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When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].
 
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Start on the new Tails.
 
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The new USB stick must be at least as large as your current Tails USB stick.
 
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[[Install Tails|install]] on a new USB stick.
 
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<h3 id="install">Creating a new Tails USB stick with Persistent Storage</h3>
 
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If the hardware of your USB stick is failing, you might still be able to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage after copying the partition image to a new USB stick.
 
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<h2 id="copy">Copying the partition image to a new USB stick</h2>
 
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If the repair failed, try to [[copy the partition image to a new USB stick|fsck#copy]] as described below.
 
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<p>If you realize later on that some files are missing or damaged, you
might be able to recover them by [[analyzing the partition image using
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<p>We recommend that you keep the partition image for some time.</p>
 
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If the repair succeeded, start Tails and verify the content of your Persistent Storage.
 
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After the repair finishes:
 
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If the repair takes more than a day, shutdown Tails and try [[analyzing the
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The repair can take a long time, from a few seconds to several hours.
 
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