<p>We recommend you always keep a current backup of your Persistent Storage. To learn how to create a backup of your Persistent Storage, see our [[instructions on how to back up your Persistent Storage to another Tails USB stick|backup]].</p>
Install Tails on a new USB stick onto which you want to recover your Persistent Storage. Make sure that this new USB stick is at least as large as the USB stick that has your brokenTails on it.
The process described below overwrites the contents and configuration of the new Persistent Storage. So, it does not matter which features you turn on after creating the Persistent Storage.
<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.
1. Choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸ <span class="guisubmenu">System Tools</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Root Terminal</span> </span> to open a terminal with administration rights.