Most computers do not start automatically on the Tails USB stick automatically, but you can press a Boot Menu key to display a list of possible devices to start from.

Most computers do not start automatically on the Tails USB stick, but you can press a Boot Menu key to display a list of possible devices to start from.

If Windows 8 or 10 is <span class="linux upgrade-linux">also</span> installed on the computer, you can refer instead to the [[instructions on starting Tails from Windows 8 or 10|doc/first_steps/start/pc#windows-restart]]. Starting Tails from Windows is easier than using the Boot Menu key.

If Windows is <span class="linux upgrade-linux">also</span> installed on the computer, you can refer instead to the [[instructions on starting Tails from Windows|doc/first_steps/start/pc#windows-restart]]. Starting Tails from Windows is easier than using the Boot Menu key.

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Plug in the other Tails USB stick that you want to <span class="installpc-clone">install</span> <span class="upgrade">upgrade</span> from.

Plug in the other Tails USB stick that you want to <span class="pc-clone">install</span> <span class="upgrade">upgrade</span> from.

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Switch on the computer and iImmediately press several times the first possible Boot Menu key identified in step 2.

Immediately press several times the first possible Boot Menu key identified in step 2.

[[!img install/inc/screenshots/grub.png link="noclass="screenshot" alt="Black screen ('GNU GRUB') with Tails logo and 23 options: 'Tails' and 'Tails (Troubleshooting Mode)' and 'Tails (External Hard Disk)'."]]

[[!img install/inc/screenshots/grub.png class="screenshot" alt="Black screen ('GNU GRUB') with Tails logo and 3 options: 'Tails' and 'Tails (Troubleshooting Mode)' and 'Tails (External Hard Disk)'."]]