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<p>We [[stopped recommending|news/rufus]] <i>balenaEtcher</i> to install Tails
from Windows in 2025 because <i>balenaEtcher</i> shares [[!tails_ticket 16381
desc="sensitive information"]] to the Balena company that allows identifying
who is installing Tails.</p>
 
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Save your download to your usual *Downloads* folder and not to the USB stick.
 
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<p class="button">[[Download <i>Rufus</i> for Windows|https://tails.net/rufus/rufus-portable.exe]]</p>
 
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Click on the following button to download *Rufus*:
 
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<p><a href="https://rufus.ie/"><i>Rufus</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend to install Tails from Windows.</p>
 
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<p class="upgrade">In the following steps, you will install an intermediary Tails using the Tails USB
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<div class="step-image usb">[[!img inc/infography/install-rufus.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
<div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img inc/infography/install-rufus-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
 
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<h1 id="rufus" class="step">Download <i>Rufus</i></h1>
 
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Close *Rufus*.
 
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The installation takes a few minutes.
 
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Enter your password if you are asked for it.
 
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Click **Start**.
 
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<div class="note">
<p>Make sure that the USB image is called <i>[[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_img_filename" raw="yes" sort="age"]]</i> and has an
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Choose the USB image that you downloaded earlier.
 
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Click the **Select** button.
 
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If your USB stick doesn't appear in the **Device** menu, make sure that you
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Choose your USB stick in the **Device** menu.
 
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