Tails works on most PC computers that are less than 10 years old.

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.

There is noa **Wi-Fi** menu in the system menu:, but connecting to a Wi-Fi network fails.

There is a **Wi-Fi** menu in the system menu, but connecting to a Wi-Fi network fails.

<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>
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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.

The Activities button [[!img lib/activities.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]

In the **Favorites** submenu, a few shortcuts allow you to launch the most frequently used applications:

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

From the system menu, you can switch between:

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

**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]].

Install *GNOME Disks*.

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.
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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 <span class="codemmand-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.

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.

Execute the <span class="command">convert mbr</span> command to createCreating a new partition table on the USB stick.

Creating a new partition on the USB stick

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