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	Doing a manual upgrade of your broken Tails might allow you to start your USB stick again and use your Persistent Storage like before.
	Refer to our instructions on how to do a manual upgrade, either:
	[[Downloading and upgrading from Windows\|upgrade/windows]]
	[[Downloading and upgrading from macOS\|upgrade/mac]]
	[[Downloading and upgrading from Linux\|upgrade/linux]]
	[[Upgrading by cloning from another Tails\|doc/upgrade/#clone]]
	<h1 id="rsync">Unlocking from another Tails and copying using <span class="code">rsync</span></h1>
	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.
	When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password\|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].
	[[Create a Persistent Storage.\|persistent_storage/create]]
	Close the Persistent Storage settings after creation, when the list of features is displayed.
	The process described below overwrites the contents and configuration of the new Persistent Storage. So, it does not matter which features you turn on after creating the Persistent Storage.
	<div class="caution">
	<p>Make sure that all applications are closed before continuing with these instructions. Otherwise, the Persistent Storage might not be properly recovered from your broken Tails.</p>
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	Choose Apps ▸ Accessories ▸ Files to open the Files browser.
	Plug in the USB stick that has your broken Tails on it.
	If the Persistent Storage of your broken Tails is recognized, a new encrypted volume appears in the sidebar of the Files browser. Click on it and enter the passphrase of your broken Tails to unlock the volume.
	The Persistent Storage of your broken Tails shows up as TailsData.
	<div class="bug">
	<p>If no encrypted volume appears, try [[recovering from a partition image using forensics tools\|recover#image]].</p>
	Choose Apps ▸ System Tools ▸ Console.
	Execute the following command to recover the Persistent Storage of your broken Tails to your new Tails:
	<p class="command">sudo rsync -PaSHAXv --del /media/amnesia/TailsData/ /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked</p>
	When the command finishes, it displays a summary of the data that was copied. For example:
	sent 32.32M bytes received 1.69K bytes 21.55M bytes/sec total size is 32.30M speedup is 1.00
	You can now eject the TailsData volume in the Files browser and unplug the USB stick that has your broken Tails on it.
	You can also explore the content of the Persistent Storage on your broken Tails from the Files browser. To do so, execute the following command from the Console.
	<p class="command">nautilus admin:/media/amnesia/TailsData/</p>
	<h1 id="image">Recovering from a partition image using forensics tools</h1>
	We are not providing step-by-step instructions, but you can adapt our instructions on [[recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors\|fsck]]:

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