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<p>If your Tails is broken and you are trying to recover your Persistent Storage,
see [[recovering the Persistent Storage of a broken Tails|recover]] instead.</p>

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<h1 id="creating">Creating a backup Tails USB stick using <i>Tails Cloner</i></h1>

We recommend you to create another Tails to store your backup by cloning from your current Tails. This way, if your Tails is lost or damaged, you can replace it immediately with your backup Tails.

Start on the Tails USB stick that you want to back up and clone *from*.

When starting Tails, unlock your Persistent Storage.

Plug in the new USB stick on which you want to create your backup Tails USB stick and clone *to*.

Choose **Applications**&nbsp;▸ **Tails Cloner**.

Turn on the option **Clone the current Persistent Storage** below the option **Clone the current Tails**.

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Make sure that the new USB stick is selected in the **Target USB stick** menu.

To start the cloning, click on the **Install** button.

Enter a passphrase for the Persistent Storage on the new USB stick in the **Passphrase** text box.

Enter the same passphrase again in the **Confirm** text box.

Click **Continue**.

Read the warning message in the confirmation dialog.

Click **Delete All Data and Install** to confirm.