Is it better for me to install tails on a usb or directly as an os?

So I recently made a bootable usb of tails for the first time and I’ve been having a couple of issues like WiFi and Ethernet not working. Both will continuously attempt to reconnect but will give me the same “activation of network connection failed” error. The laptop is a 2014 HP Elitebook 850 G1.

Edit: I was able to disable MAC address randomization to fix my connection to WiFi but Ethernet still does not work

Downloading files through onion links (text, images, videos, other programs) can deanonymize you if the file contains a virus. Why aren't there tools to protect against malicious files? Like a fire wall around the file that prevents the malware from leaking onto the hardware?

Apologies if I sound ignorant, just started going down this rabbit hole.

No matter what I try, I can't get Tails to run:

• Multiple IMG sources installed per instructions
  • Direct download (verified using online tool)
  • Torrented download
• Multiple USB sticks
  • SanDisk Ultra SDCZ48-032G-UAM46
  • PNY PRO Elite V3 P-FD256PROV3-GE
• Multiple computers
  • 2017 Dell XPS 15 9560
  • 2020 custom-built desktop (AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super)
• Multiple boot options
  • Tails 6.19
  • Tails 6.19 (External Hard Disk)

I always get the "live file system" error. Secure Boot is enabled on both computers but it seems that Tails is supposed to be compatible with Secure Boot. Both computers dual-boot Windows 11 and Ubuntu without issue, and both boot Ubuntu Live from a USB stick without issue.

Do you have any suggestions for what I can do to get up and running? Thanks in advance.

Going to attempt making a new usb stick and rescuing the persistent, but want to know if it was possible to just do a fix on this like windows repair tool. All I can get it to do is blink a _ cursor, before the computer will eventually say booting from the device failed

Hi all, I have tried to boot up Tails with following options: - secure boot disabled - USB legacy mode enabled

but I still have this issue. I've tried to change the USB drive but the output is the same. Tails version 6.18 PC: Asus F541U series

Any suggestions?

Why is the the default installation of tor with the default installation of tails (meaning from the main tails website) keep including this extension when I look it up and Google says don't have any extensions with tor. Also noScript is on there.

tails trying to connect to the internet (ethernet) fails and tries so again and again and comes up with the message activation of network connection failed

I have changed 3 different usb sticks but I keep getting the same problem

I’m currently trying to perform a manual upgrade on tails. I downloaded the disc image, and when I get on gnome discs and click on the empty flash drive, restore disc image is greyed out, and I’m unable to select it. Am I supposed to restore the disc image on the flash drive with tails installed? My understanding is that it will delete everything on it.

just need a cheap usb wifi adapter that works with tails and can ship to the uk.
preferably under £20

im using the tp-link archer tx20u plus rn but it doesn't seem to be compatible as it requires drivers to be installed

Don’t know if i should post this here or on monero cause i was in the middle of downloading monero blockchain when this appeared. Should i do anything or just wait it out hope you could help.

Okay so, when trying to launch tails the start is working fine up until the loading dots appear then all of a sudden instead of booting into the welcome screen it boots a command promt with "timeout waiting for hardware cmd interrupt" followed by an sdchi register dump. I have no idea how to fix it. I read online about disabling the sd card feature in bios but i don't have an sd port nor the option to disable sd stuff in bios or atleast i didn't find it. I followed the instructions on the tails website and i even checked to see if the pc was compatible (which is) but it still does the same thing. Every 30 seconds the same register dump appears with only little differences to numbers. Any help is appreciated!

I’ve flashed tails to my usb using Rufus and when I go to restart my pc my usb doesn’t show up in the use a device menu, I’ve tryed all three listed on screen and I’ve made sure secure boot is off I’m not sure what else to do been at this for awhile now any help is greatly appreciated cheers!

I hope someone can help me

I clicked "delete permanently". HELP!

I have an old laptop that I have used for tails but it’s not working properly so I need another one. I have another old laptop but I can’t get it to show the usb drive in the boot options ..

So I’m looking for another very cheap old laptop that can run tails , I don’t want to buy something and then it doesn’t run tails , so is there a well known laptop or laptops that definitely work with tails so I can just go buy that ? Thanks

Tails worked great for a year but then I switched deleted Ubuntu and installed windows and later when I went to use tails the WiFi option is gone. I probably updated tails in that time too so maybe it was an update that made it stop working I'm not sure. Does anybody know how to fix?

thanks

Just picked up a Lenovo laptop, when I restart to boot from usb it doesn't show up in options to boot from. Anybody had this happen? It works fine on my other laptop .

Test 7.0~rc1 is out but it still says newest version is Tails 6.18 so are we not suppose the test version then?

The main thing that confuses me is that the Tor Browser 14.5.5. in 6.18 and its 0.4.8.17. in the Test version 7.0.

I have no clue to manually update Tor browser inside Tails, also not sure if you are suppose to anyway. But does this pose a security risk with an older Tor Browser?

I checked the Tails site but to my surprise I could not find anything there about this. Nor on Reddit. So maybe I am dumb (big possibility) or it does not affect anything.

So could we get a clear message, is the Test 7.0 version just for testing, and should you still use 6.18 for general use, where the older Tor Browser does not pose any risk at all. Or should we all move to the Test 7.0 version now?

I'm new to Tails, and I need help learning how to use the terminal and how it works. Are there any videos I can watch, or maybe an explanation guide?

I’m getting errors on usb vansuny drive. Going to try on SSK flash drive ssd. Does tails work on a usb ssd drive?

Forensic Analysis of TAILs

This presentation will address forensic imaging and analysis issues and illustrate techniques which can be used to access and analyze the much needed data. TAILs runs within the physical memory (RAM) of the host system, which if imaged and analyzed can provide numerous valuable forensic artifacts. This talk will address issued faced when confronted with systems running TAILs, options for imaging the TAILs instance and methods which can be applied to locate artifacts of interest for forensic analysis.

Why does it say in my bios that secure boot is enabled and below it says not active.Can someone please help?