All the data on this USB stick or DVD is lost when installing Tails.

All the data on this USB stick is lost when installing Tails.

[Tor](https://torproject.org/) is the best anonymity network available. Tor Tor
has partnered with leading research institutions and has been subjected to
intensive academic research. Tor has received awards from institutions
such as the [EFF](https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer/2012) and the [Free
Software
Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-free-software-awards-announced).
Even the NSA qualified Tor as "[the King of high secure, low latency Internet
Anonymity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity)."

Tor
has partnered with leading research institutions and has been subjected to
intensive academic research. Tor has received awards from institutions
such as the [EFF](https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer/2012) and the [Free
Software
Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-free-software-awards-announced).
Even the NSA qualified Tor as "[the King of high secure, low latency Internet
Anonymity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity)."

You can send an empty email to
<a href="mailto:bridges@torproject.org">bridges@torproject.org</a> from a
Gmail or Riseup email address.

You can send an empty email to
<a href="mailto:bridges@torproject.org">bridges@torproject.org</a> from a
Gmail or Riseup email address.

Sending the email reveals to Gmail or Riseup that you are trying to
connect to Tor but not to someone who monitors your Internet connection.

Sending the email reveals to Gmail or Riseup that you are trying to
connect to Tor but not to someone who monitors your Internet connection.

We recommend doing sothat you visit this page from a different
local network if
accessing this page is blocked or if you want to hide that you are
connecting to Tor.

We recommend that you visit this page from a different local network if
accessing this page is blocked or if you want to hide that you are
connecting to Tor.

<p>After you restarted on Tails, you can copy one of these bridge lines from
this other USB stick into <i>*Tor Connection</i>.</p>
*.

After you started Tails, copy one of the bridge lines from this other USB stick into *Tor Connection*.

Even someone who knows your bridge cannot know what you are doing online from
Tails.

Even someone who knows your bridge cannot know what you are doing online from Tails.

To learn how to edit the BIOS or UEFI settings, search for the user manual of
the computer on the support website of the manufacturer.

To learn how to edit the BIOS or UEFI settings, search for the user manual of
the computer on the support website of the manufacturer.

<p><b <p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</b></p>

<p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</p>

<p>If at some point you are not sure about whichthe device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>

<p>If you are not sure about the device, stop proceeding.</p>

<p><b <p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</b></p>

<p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</p>

<p>If at some point you are not sure about which device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>

<p>If you are not sure about which device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>

b. If there is anTo reset the USB stick, select the **Erase**
button oin the top middle, click on it.
.

To reset the USB stick, select the **Erase** button in the top middle.

<p>If at some point you are not sure about whichthe device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>

<p>If you are not sure about the device, stop proceeding.</p>

Execute the <span class="command">create partition primary</span> comma This volume corresponds to create a new primarythe Tails system partition on the USB stick.

This volume corresponds to the Tails system partition on the USB stick.

For example, having the following files in The absolute path of the *Dotfiles* folder is
*/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles*:.

The absolute path of the *Dotfiles* folder is
*/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles*.

<p>You have If the error persists, reinstalled Tails on your USB stickone of our [[recommended USB
sticks|doc/about/requirements]].</p>

<p>If the error persists, reinstall Tails on one of our [[recommended USB
sticks|doc/about/requirements]].</p>

a. If you are running Tails [[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_version" raw="yes" sort="age"]] then you can, continue with the next step.

If you are running Tails [[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_version" raw="yes" sort="age"]], continue with the next step.

a. If you are not running Tails [[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_version" raw="yes" sort="age"]] then you can continue with the next step.
, click **Check for Upgrades**.

If you are not running Tails [[!inline pages="inc/stable_amd64_version" raw="yes" sort="age"]], click **Check for Upgrades**.

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