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If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.
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<p>An attacker in possession of the device can know that there is an encrypted
volume on it. Take into consideration that you can be forced or tricked to give
out its passphrase.</p>
 
<h2 id="comparison">Comparison between <i>LUKS</i> and <i>VeraCrypt</i></h2>
<h2 id="comparison">Comparación entre <i>LUKS</i> y <i>VeraCrypt</i></h2>
You can also open *VeraCrypt* encrypted volumes in Tails. *VeraCrypt* is a disk encryption tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. [[See our documentation about *VeraCrypt*.|veracrypt]]
 
[[!inline pages="doc/encryption_and_privacy/luks_vs_veracrypt.inline" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
[[!inline pages="doc/encryption_and_privacy/luks_vs_veracrypt.inline.es" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
<h1 id="creating">Creating an encrypted partition</h1>
<h1 id="creating">Crear una partición cifrada</h1>
Choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Utilities&nbsp;▸ Disks** to open the *Disks* utility.
 
<h2 id="identifying">Identifying your external storage device</h2>
<h2 id="identifying">Identificar tu dispositivo de almacenamiento externo</h2>
The *Disks* utility lists all the current storage devices on the left side of the screen.
 
Plug in the external storage device that you want to use.
Introduce el dispositivo de almacenamiento externo que quieres usar.
A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Click on it.
Un nuevo dispositivo aparece en la lista de dispositivos de almacenamiento. Haz click en él.
[[!img storage_devices_after.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
[[!img storage_devices_after.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
1. Check that the description of the device on the right side of the screen
corresponds to your device: its brand, its size, etc.
 
<h2 id="formatting">Formatting the device</h2>
 
Click on the [[!img lib/view-more.png alt="Drive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the title bar and choose **Format Disk** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.
[[!img lib/system-run.png alt="Opciones adicionales de partición" class="symbolic" link="no"]]
In the **Format Disk** dialog:
En el diálogo **Formatea el disco**:
If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.
Si quieres borrar todos los datos del dispositivo con seguridad, elige <span class="guilabel">Sobreescribir los datos con ceros</span> en el menú desplegable **Borrar**.
<div class="caution">
<p>Overwriting existing data does not erase all data on flash
memories, such as USB sticks and SSDs (Solid-State Drives).</p>
 
<p>See the [[limitations of file deletion|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#spare]].</p>
 
</div>
</div>
Choose **Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR/DOS)** in the **Partitioning** menu.
Elige <span class="guilabel">Compatible con todos los sistemas y dispositivos (MBR/DOS)</span> en el menú <span class="guilabel">Tipo</span>.
Click **Format**.
 
In the confirmation dialog, make sure that the device is correct.
 
<h2 id="partition">Creating a new encrypted partition</h2>
<h2 id="partition">Crear una nueva partición cifrada</h2>
Now the schema of the partitions in the middle of the screen shows an empty device:
 
[[!img empty_device.png class="screenshot" alt="Free Space 123 GB"]]
[[!img empty_device.png link=no alt="Espacio Libre 123 GB"]]
Click on the **[[!img lib/list-add.png alt="Create partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]** button to create a new partition on the device.
[[!img lib/system-run.png alt="Opciones adicionales de partición" class="symbolic" link="no"]]
1. Configure the various settings of your new partition in the
partition creation assistant:
 
In the **Create Partition** screen:
En la pantalla **Crear partición**:
**Partition Size**: you can create a partition on the whole device or only on part of it.
 
In the example below, we are creating a partition of 4.0 GB on a device of 8.1 GB.
 
In the **Format Volume** dialog:
En el diálogo **Formatea Disco**:

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If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.
Si quieres borrar todos los datos del dispositivo con seguridad, elige <span class="guilabel">Sobreescribir los datos con ceros</span> en el menú desplegable **Borrar**.
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If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.
Si quieres borrar todos los datos del dispositivo con seguridad, elige <span class="guilabel">Sobreescribir los datos con ceros</span> en el menú desplegable <span class="guilabel">Borrar</span>**Borrar**.
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If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.
Si quieres borrar todos los datos del dispositivo con seguridad, elige <span class="guilabel">Sobreescribir los datos con ceros</span> en el menú desplegable <span class="guilabel">Borrar</span>.
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If you want to securely erasoverwrite all data on the device, choose to <span class="guilabel">**Overwrite existing data with zeroes</span>** in the <span class="guilabel">Erase</span> drop-down list**Erase** menu.
02/27/2024
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String age
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Last updated
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wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes.es.po, string 27