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[[!meta title="Starting Tails on PC"]]
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This page describes the basic and advanced techniques to start Tails from a USB stick on PC.
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[[!toc levels=2]]
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<h1 id="windows-restart">Starting from Windows 8 or 10</h1>
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From Windows or the sign-in screen of Windows:
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<h1 id="boot-menu-key">Starting with the Boot Menu key</h1>
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Edit the **Boot Order**. You might see an entry for **Removable devices** or **USB media**. Move this entry to the top of the list to force the computer to start from the USB stick before starting from the internal hard disk.
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<h1 id="not-at-all">Troubleshooting Tails not starting at all</h1>
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<h2 id="verify">Verify your Tails USB stick</h2>
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<p>If you get the following error message in Windows:</p>
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<h2 id="known-issues">Check our list of known issues</h2>
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In the BIOS or UEFI settings, try to apply the following changes:
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Enable **Legacy Boot**, in addition to UEFI. The computer might not start anymore on its regular operating system if you disable UEFI completely or if you only enable Legacy boot.
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