<p>The simplest way to carry around the documents that you want to use with Tails encrypted is to use the encrypted[[Persistent Storage|first_steps/persistenct_storage]].</p>
<p>The simplest way to carry around the documents that you want to use with Tails encrypted is to use the [[Persistent Storage|persistent_storage]].</p>
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The GNOME desktop*Disks* utility allows you to opencreate encrypted volumes.
<p>Such encrypted volumes, like the Persistent Storage, are not hidden.</p>
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Such encrypted volumes are not hidden.<p>An attacker in possession of the device can know that there is an encrypted
volume on it. Take into consideration that you can be forced or tricked to give
out its passphrase.</p>
<p>An attacker in possession of the device can know that there is an encrypted volume on it. Take into consideration that you can be forced or tricked to give out its passphrase.</p>
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<h2 id="comparison">Comparison between <i>LUKS</i> and <i>VeraCrypt</i></h2>
Click on the <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/open-menuview-more.png alt="MenuDrive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button in the titlebar and choose **Format Disk…** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.
Click on the [[!img lib/view-more.png alt="Drive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the title bar and choose **Format Disk** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.
If you want to securely erasoverwrite all data on the device, choose to <span class="guilabel">**Overwrite existing data with zeroes</span>** in the **Erase** drop-down listmenu.