Detailed hardware<h2 id="computer">System requirements</h2>

<h2 id="computer">System requirements</h2>

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)."

<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 hear screen elements spoken to you, turn on the **Screen Reader** fromChoose **Accessibility Settings** in the
accessibility menu (in the top bar, the [[!img lib/accessibility.png alt=""
class="symbolic" link="no"]]).
icon that looks like a person.

Choose **Accessibility Settings** in the accessibility menu in the top bar, the [[!img lib/accessibility.png alt="" class="symbolic" link="no"]] icon that looks like a person.

Choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ System Tools&nbsp;▸ Settings**.

<h1 id="files">The <i>Files</i> browser</h1>

To open the *Files* browser, choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Accessories&nbsp;▸ Files**.

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.

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.

[[!meta title="Uninstalling Tails or resetting a USB stick"using macOS|uninstall/mac]]

[[Uninstalling Tails using macOS|uninstall/mac]]

[[!meta title="Uninstalling Tails or resetting a USB stick"using Tails itself|uninstall/tails]]

[[Uninstalling Tails using Tails itself|uninstall/tails]]

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.

To start Tails without options, click on the **Start Tails** button.

<p>Reporting errors is a great way of helping us improve Tails. Even if we are not able to reply to every report, we analyze all reports to
improve Tails.</p>
.

Reporting errors is a great way of helping us improve Tails. Even if we are not able to reply to every report, we analyze all reports.

<p>If you canare not connected to the Internet or the Tor network yet, your cannot send us your error report using *WhisperBack*.
report from Tails.</p>

<p>If you are not connected to the Tor network yet, your cannot send us your
report from Tails.</p>

To open the *Persistent* folder:

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*.

1. Choose
<span class="menuchoice">
**Applications**&nbsp;▸
**System Tools**&nbsp;▸
**Root Terminal**
</span>
to open a terminal with administration rights.
**Apps&nbsp;▸ Accessories&nbsp;▸ Files** to open the *Files* browser.

Choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ Accessories&nbsp;▸ Files** to open the *Files* browser.