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[[!meta title="Starting Tails on PC"]]
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This page describes the basic and advanced techniques to start Tails from a USB stick on PC.
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<h1 id="windows-restart">Starting from Windows 8 or 10</h1>
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From Windows or the sign-in screen of Windows:
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<p>If the Boot Loader appears, you can follow our [[instructions
on the Welcome Screen|install/windows#tails]].</p>
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<h1 id="boot-menu-key">Starting with the Boot Menu key</h1>
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<h1 id="automatically">Starting on Tails automatically</h1>
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To start on Tails automatically when your Tails USB stick is plugged in:
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- Open the BIOS or UEFI settings of the computer.
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To learn how to edit the BIOS or UEFI settings, search for the user manual of
the computer on the support website of the manufacturer.
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Edit the **Boot Order**. You might see an entry for **Removable devices** or **USB media**. Move this entry to the top of the list to force the computer to start from the USB stick before starting from the internal hard disk.
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- Restart the computer.
Schalten Sie den Computer ein.
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<h1 id="not-at-all">Troubleshooting Tails not starting at all</h1>
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Use this section if the computer does not start from the USB stick and the Boot Loader does not display:
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[[!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)'."]]
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<h2 id="verify">Verify your Tails USB stick</h2>
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<p>If you get the following error message in Windows:</p>
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