Kali Linux Question

elemancer

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Now I am sure this is more of a general linux question, but here it goes:

I am trying to find out if there is hardware diagnostics and back up software that anyone would recommend for Linux. Computer is having OS issues, so I wanted to boot to Linux and
A: back up all of my data
B: do a hardware diagnostic in order to make sure it is the OS and not my hard drive failing.

Thank you
 

stillblue

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Do you have kali and that is what is messing up? If you want to do diagnostics then that is not the OS you want. Mint or Ubuntu will offer far more options. Ubuntu comes with a back-up program. Check the repos for diagnostic tools specific to your needs.