If unlocking your Persistent Storage from another Tails USB stick fails, you might be able to recover some or most of your data from a partition image using advanced forensics tools.
<p>Make sure that all applications are closed before continuing with these instructions. Otherwise, the Persistent Storage might not be properly recovered from your broken Tails.</p>
If the Persistent Storage of your broken Tails is recognized, a new encrypted volume appears in the sidebar of the *Files* browser. Click on it and enter the passphrase of your broken Tails to unlock the volume.
You can now eject the <span class="guilabel">TailsData</span> volume in the <span class="application">Files</span> browser and unplug the USB stick that has your broken Tails on it.
If unlocking your Persistent Storage from another Tails USB stick fails, you might be able to recover some or most of your data from a partition image using advanced forensics tools.
We are not providing step-by-step instructions, but you can adapt our instructions on [[recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors|fsck]]:
