<p>If your Tails is broken and you are trying to rescuecover your Persistent Storage, see our [[instructions on rescuing your[[recovering the Persistent Storage ofrom a broken Tails|doc/first_steps/persistence/rescue]]recover]] instead.</p>
<p>If your Tailsis broken andyou 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="createing">Create a new Tails to store your backuping a backup Tails USB stick using <i>Tails Cloner</i></h1>
<h1 id="creating">Creating a backup TailsUSB stick using <i>Tails Cloner</i></h1>
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We recommend you to create another Tails to store your backupby cloning from your current Tails. This way, if your Tails is lost or damaged, you can replace it immediately with your backup Tails.
We recommend you to create another Tails to store your backup by cloning from your current Tails. This way, if your Tailsis lost or damaged, you can replace it immediately with your backup Tails.
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Plug in the old Tails device fromnew USB stick on which you want to crescuate your databackup Tails USB stick and clone *to*.
Plug in the new USB stick on which you want to create your backup TailsUSB stickand clone *to*.
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1.Choose <span class="menuchoice"> **Applications** ▸ **Accessories** ▸ **Disk Utility** </span> to open the *GNOME Disk Utility**Apps ▸ Tails ▸ Tails Cloner**.
<h1 id="updating">Updating your backup Tails using the <i>Back Up Persistent Storage</i> utility</h1>
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1.Choose <span class="menuchoice"> **Applications** ▸ **Accessories** ▸ **Disk Utility** </span> to open the *GNOME Disk Utility**Apps ▸ System Tools ▸ Back Up Persistent Storage**.
If you prefer updating your backup Tails from a *Console*:
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ReWhenstarting Tails,enable persistence, and [[set up an administration password|startup_optionsdoc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].