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<h1 id="rufus" class="step">Download <i>Rufus</i></h1>
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<div class="step-image usb">[[!img inc/infography/install-rufus.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
<div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img inc/infography/install-rufus-with-intermediary.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
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<p class="upgrade">In the following steps, you will install an intermediary Tails using the Tails USB
image that you downloaded earlier.</p>
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<p><a href="https://rufus.ie/"><i>Rufus</i></a> is the Free Software tool that we recommend to install Tails from Windows.</p>
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Click on the following button to download *Rufus*:
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<p class="button">[[Download <i>Rufus</i> for Windows|https://tails.net/rufus/rufus-portable.exe]]</p>
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Save your download to your usual *Downloads* folder and not to the USB stick.
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<p>We [[stopped recommending|news/rufus]] <i>balenaEtcher</i> to install Tails
from Windows in 2025 because <i>balenaEtcher</i> shares [[!tails_ticket 16381
desc="sensitive information"]] to the Balena company that allows identifying
who is installing Tails.</p>
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<h1 id="install" class="step">Install <span class="upgrade">an intermediary</span> Tails using <i>Rufus</i></h1>
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<div class="step-image usb">[[!img install/inc/infography/install-tails.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
<div class="step-image upgrade">[[!img install/inc/infography/install-upgrade-usb-only.png link="no" alt=""]]</div>
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Open the *Rufus* download.
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At the security warning, confirm that you want to open *Rufus*.
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In the update policy dialog, click **No**.
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[[!img install/inc/screenshots/rufus-update.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]
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*Rufus* starts.
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[[!img install/inc/screenshots/rufus.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]
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Plug in the USB stick on which you want to install <span class="usb">Tails.</span> <span class="upgrade">the intermediary Tails.</span>
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