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If your Tails becomes broken, for example, if it no longer starts, follow these instructions to recover data from your Persistent Storage.

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<p class="command">sudo rsync -PaSHAXv --del /media/amnesia/TailsData/ /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked</p>

<p class="command">nautilus admin:/media/amnesia/TailsData/</p>