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Plug in the hard disk on which you want to save the partition image of your Persistent Storage. You need as much free space as the size of your Persistent Storage, usually 8 GB less than your Tails USB stick.
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A new disk appears in the sidebar of the *Files* utility.
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Right-click (on Mac, click with two fingers) on the new volume that appeared in the sidebar of the *Files* utility and choose *Properties* in the shortcut menu.
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Take note of the free space in the disk.
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<h3 id="identify">Identifying your Persistent Storage in the <i>Disks</i> utility</h3>
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Choose **Applications&nbsp;▸ Utilities&nbsp;▸ Disks** to open the *Disks* utility.
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In the left pane of the *Disks* utility, identify your Tails USB stick in the list of storage devices.
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Verify its brand and size.
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In the left pane, click on the storage device that corresponds to your Tails USB stick.
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In the right pane, this storage device should have 2 volumes, corresponding to 2 partitions on the USB stick.
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1 volume with a **TAILS** label and **FAT** content.
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This volume corresponds to the system partition of your Tails.
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1 volume with a **TailsData** label and **LUKS** content.
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This volume corresponds to the encrypted version of your Persistent Storage.
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In the right pane, click on the volume that corresponds to your Persistent Storage.
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Verify that the content of the volume is of type **LUKS Encryption**.
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<h3 id="unlock">Unlocking your Persistent Storage in the <i>Disks</i> utility</h3>
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Before creating the partition image, unlock the encryption to access the decrypted version of your Persistent Storage. To do so:
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Click [[!img lib/unlock.png link="no" class="symbolic" alt="Unlock selected encrypted partition"]].
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In the **Enter passphrase to unlock** dialog, enter the passphrase of your Persistent Storage.
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