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)."

If you want to reuse your custom
configuration or the passwords of encrypted wireless connections across separate
working sessions, you can activate the [[<span class="guilabel">To remember the password for Wi-Fi networks and custom network configurations across different Tails sessions, turn on the [[Network cConnections</span> |persistence
feature|first_steps/persistence/configure#network_connections]].
t_storage/configure#network_connections]] feature of the Persistent Storage.

To remember the password for Wi-Fi networks and custom network configurations across different Tails sessions, turn on the [[Network Connections|persistent_storage/configure#network_connections]] feature of the Persistent Storage.

You can vVisiting <https://bridges.torproject.org/options>.

Visiting <https://bridges.torproject.org/options>.

<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*.

Choose aTry visiting an innocent-looking website that is common in your location, for example, a search
engine or news site.
:

Try visiting an innocent-looking website that is common in your location, for example, a search engine or news site:

<p>See [[connecting to Tor|anonymous_internet/tor]].</p>

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

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

1. In the Boot Loader, choose the
**Troubleshooting Mode**
which might entry, which works better on some computers.

In the Boot Loader, choose the **Troubleshooting Mode** entry, which works better on some computers.

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.

**The content of the USB stick will beis lost in the operation,** but an attacker
might still be able to tell that Tails was installed on that USB stick using
[[data recovery techniques|encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion]] unless you
[[securely clean all the available disk space|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#usb_and_ssd]]
afterwards.
]].

The content of the USB stick is lost in the operation, but an attacker might still be able to tell that Tails was installed on that USB stick using [[data recovery techniques|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion]].

If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.

Choose **Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR/DOS)** in the **Partitioning** menu.

b. If there is an <span class="bold">
Erase</span>To 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.

Take note of the *device name* of your USB stick. In this example, the USB stick is 8.0 GB and its device name is `/dev/disk1`.<span class="command-placeholder">/dev/disk1</span>.
Yours might be different.

In this example, the USB stick is 8.0 GB and its device name is <span class="command-placeholder">/dev/disk1</span>.
Yours might be different.

[[!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 following 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.