Hey, what's up guys and welcome to
Hacksoft. In this tutorial, I'm going to
show you step by step how to install
Tails OS, the amnesic incognito live
system on a USB flash drive. Tails is a
special operating system built for
privacy, security, and anonymity. Unlike
normal systems, Tails runs directly from
a USB drive, and once you shut it down,
it forgets everything, leaving no trace
on the computer. It routes all your
internet traffic through the tour
network, keeping your identity hidden
and protecting you from surveillance or
tracking. And because of this, Tails is
also one of the safest ways to access
the dark web where onion websites exist.
A lot of people use it to explore hidden
services without exposing their real
identity. In short, Tails OS is privacy
in your pocket. Now, let me show you
step by step how you can install it on a
USB drive using Windows. Okay. To
download Tails, first open your browser.
Then I'm using Google here. Type
download Tails OS and click on the
official website tails.net.
On the site, go to install Tails. And
since we're on Windows, click on the
Windows logo. Here you'll see detailed
instructions on how to install it and
how to run it. And we're just going to
follow these steps.
Now download the Tails image file. This
may take a few minutes depending on your
internet speed. In my case, I already
downloaded it earlier, so I'm just
Once your file is downloaded, you got to
verify it. Verification is really
important. It makes sure the file you
downloaded is genuine and hasn't been
tampered with. If you skip this step,
you risk installing a corrupted or
unsafe version. So, I strongly recommend
you follow the verification process
Here you can see mine's been verified successfully,
successfully,
but if you get an error, you're going to
need to redownload the Tails image file
and verify the new one again.
Next, we need a tool to burn or flash
this ISO file onto a USB drive. For
Windows, the easiest tool is Rufus. Go
ahead and download Rufus. Once it's
You might get a notification about
updates. Just click no because that's
what the instructions on the Tails
Now, once the Rufus interface is open,
plug in your USB drive. Make sure it's
got at least 8 GB of storage. And
remember, this process is going to erase
everything on that drive. So, if you've
got important files, backless up first.
As soon as you plug in the USB, Rufus
will automatically detect it. Then
select the Tails OS image file you
Now just wait a few minutes while Rufus
flashes the Tails image onto your USB.
When the progress bar is complete, you
can close Rufus. And that's it. Your USB
drive is now ready with Tails OS. Go
ahead and shut down your computer. All
right. Now that we've created our
bootable USB, let's go ahead and run
Tails OS. First, connect your USB drive
and power on your computer. As soon as
you press the power button, hit your
boot menu key. In my case, I'm on a Dell
laptop, so I pressed F12.
If you don't know your boot key, make
sure you look it up for your computer
model before starting. Here you can see
my boot menu screen is open and our USB
drive is showing up. But before we boot
from it, there's one important step. You
need to disable secure boot. So what is
secure boot? Basically, it's a security
feature in modern PCs that only allows
trusted operating systems to load. The
problem is it blocks Tails from running.
That's why we got to turn it off. To do
that, go into your BIOS setup. On most
computers, you'll see an option for BIOS
setup right in the boot menu. Once
inside, go to the boot configuration
settings. If your mouse doesn't work
here, don't worry. Just use your arrow
Move down to the secure boot option and
switch it off. In my case, secure boot
was already off, but if you change it,
make sure to save your settings before exiting.
Once that's done, restart your computer
and press your boot key again until the
boot menu pops up. Now select your Tails
USB drive and it's going to start
booting into Tails OS. Remember, every
time you want to run Tails, you'll need
to boot from the USB like this. It might
take a little while to load, but
eventually you'll see the welcome to
Here you'll notice an option to set up
persistent storage. What this does is
let you securely save files, settings,
Wi-Fi passwords, and bookmarks even
after you shut down Tails. Without it,
everything disappears the moment you
power off, which is great for privacy.
But sometimes you're going to want to
keep certain things. When you click on
start Tails, you'll also see another
window reminding you everything you do
disappears when you shut down Tails. But
with persistent storage, you can keep
documents, configurations, and more.
here. Create a strong password for your
persistent storage. You're going to need
this password every time you boot to
After setting the password, Tails will
ask which features you want to enable
inside persistent storage. This could
include things like saving network
connections, storing personal files,
browser settings, and more. In my case,
I only enabled network connections.
Once that's done, you can connect to
Wi-Fi. Just click the network icon in
the top right corner and connect to your
router. If you don't see the Wi-Fi
option, reboot once. If it still doesn't
show up, you might need to use an
Ethernet cable or an external Wi-Fi
adapter that supports Tails. After
you're connected, Tails will prompt you
to set up your Tour connection. You'll
see two options. connect to tour
automatically, which works in most
cases, or hide your connection from the
local network, which is useful if tour
is blocked in your country. There's also
an option called configure a tour
bridge. You'd only use this if you're in
a place where tour is censored or
restricted. Otherwise, just go with the
Once connected, tour is going to
establish a secure circuit and you'll be
ready to use the tour browser. Just
click start tour browser and it'll open up.
If you want to double check that
everything's working, you can go to check.tourpro.org.
If you see the confirmation message,
that means your traffic's fully routed
through tour.
And that's it. You're now running the
most secure operating system to access
the internet, including the dark web,
completely anonymously.
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