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[[!meta title="Starting Tails from an external hard disk or problematic USB stick"]]
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When starting Tails from an external hard disk or problematic USB stick, Tails might return the following error message:
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<p class="code">Unable to find a medium containing a live file system</p>
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In such cases, choose the **External Hard Disk** entry if it appears in the Boot Loader.
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If the **External Hard Disk** entry does not appear in the Boot Loader, then remove the `live-media=removable` boot option. To do so, see our instructions on [[modifying the boot options using the Boot Loader|doc/advanced_topics/boot_options]].
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<div class="caution">
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<p>Choosing the <b>External Hard Disk</b> entry in the Boot Loader or removing
the <code>live-media=removable</code> boot
option might be dangerous. If an adversary had access to the computer
and installed a malicious Tails on the internal hard disk, the computer
might start on the malicious Tails instead of on the USB stick.</p>
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