slow start up Ubuntu 14.04

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Have you been able to run a live USB? That might show that your hard 
drive is bad if the USB works fine.

     My family had a similar problem when we upgraded our iMac. Mac OS X 
10.7.9 worked fine, and we upgraded to 10.9.1. Then we suddenly got a 
ton of problems. Essentially, our Hard Drive was bad and once we got a 
new one, everything became awesome! The moral is: Hard Drives go bad and 
yours might have, too.


Tony

On 05/19/2014 10:14 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
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> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:31 AM, AFJ Headquarters 
> <agents4jesus at gmail.com <mailto:agents4jesus at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Hey,
>
>     What are your computer's specs? If your computer is just slow,
>     another version of 'buntu might help.
>     I suggest running Xubuntu, or Lubuntu.
>     In the Terminal, type:
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>     sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
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>     or
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>     sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
>
>     for Xubuntu or Lubuntu, respectively. You will have to log out.
>
>     When you want to test the Xubuntu (or Lubuntu) you will have to
>     click the little Ubuntu symbol on your log-in box. Select the
>     desktop you want to use and log in.
>
>
>     If that doesn't help, try running Ubuntu on a live USB (not CD or
>     DVD), and see if it's any faster, if it is, then you probably need
>     a new hard drive. Careful! If your USB speed excels your SATA
>     speed, (eg. a 3.0 verses an old HD) then this test won't mean much.
>
>     Hope this helps!
>
>     Tony Psmythe
>
>
> It was running great on 13.10 and 14.04 on first install back in 
> January or February.
>
> garyk

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