Ubuntu Slow Boot

[wjack2010]

After having previously installed Ubuntu, I noticed the boot speed was fairly slow compared to that of Windows XP and Windows 7. It runs through those coloured dots for a bit, before allowing me to log-on, this takes quite a bit of time. Is it a problem, or normally like this? My computer has a good amount of RAM, and runs fast for every other task, and when Ubuntu is fully booted and I'm logged-in; it runs fine then too.

[Krymzn]

Is it your primary OS? That's my only guess to this.

[brainard52]

I have no idea why this would be. What version are you using? I know that my 11.04 laptop will boot in like 30-45 seconds or so. (Gnome3 if you must know)

Sent from the R800x (CM9) that I wish were an Ubuntu Android.

[wjack2010]

It used to be my primary operating system, version 11.04. But I removed it not long a go because it was slow, and went back to Windows 7 Starter Edition

[brainard52]

How old was the HW? It couldn't have been THAT old as it's usually faster than Win7.

[wjack2010]

How old was the HW? It couldn't have been THAT old as it's usually faster than Win7.

Hmm, may I ask what a "HW" is exactly? Sorry, I don't know what that means

[brainard52]

Hmm, may I ask what a "HW" is exactly? Sorry, I don't know what that means

Hardware.

[wjack2010]

Hardware.

Oh well my computer was a year old, a couple of weeks a go, about 3 weeks.

[brainard52]

Oh well my computer was a year old, a couple of weeks a go, about 3 weeks.

Um, wow. This may have been a bad install. Has your computer ever lost power? You may have to do a clean install.

Sent from the R800x (CM9) that I wish were an Ubuntu Android.

[DaReaper]

If you're using the new version of Ubuntu that is 11.04 or 11.10, i had the similar issue, usually boot time at first used to take me around 3-5 minutes after the upgrade i had done from 11.04 to 11.10, i had issues with certain applications too, it takes time to open up firefox and stuff.

What i figured was that i had to update my BIOS and Audio drivers which was the cause of my slow boot issue, i did that and it started working fine. After which i had other issues with hardware so i switched back to 10.04 again.