In the **Enter passphrase to unlock** dialog, enter the passphrase of your Persistent Storage.

In the **Authentication Required** dialog, enter your administration password.

In the **Create Disk Image** dialog:

In the **Name** field, specify *persistent-storage.img*.

Click the **Start Creating** button.

When the error message about file system errors appears, click on the **Repair File System** button.

In the attributes below the volume, verify that its device is
*/dev/mapper/TailsData_unlocked*.

Choose **[[!img lib/system-run.png link="no" class="symbolic" alt="Additional partition options"]] ▸ Restore Partition Image**.

In the **Restore Disk Image** dialog, browse for the partition image on the hard disk that you plugged in.

Click on the **Start Restoring** button.

If an error message about file system errors appears, click on the **Repair File System** button.

[[!img autopsy.png class="screenshot" alt="Autopsy in Tails showing files recovered from the partition image of a Persistent Storage"]]