Posted March 31, 201410 yr I have been running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an IBM thinkpad for around 6 months, since replacing the hard drive after Windows XP died on it. It seemed that my computer was to old for such a modern operating system, and as such, it would frequently go into a Windows-esq fit and the hard drive would be continuously running flat out. The speediest way out of this problem was to hold down the off switch and then boot back up. One day recently, the mouse froze, and the computer would not find the hard drive upon trying to reboot, which is exactly the symptom I had with the last hard disk failure on XP. I tried multiple times to boot the computer. A week past and I decided to see if I had any kind of OS on a CD, so tried a CD that could have been Windows or Ubuntu; The aim was to confirm I had one then buy a new Hard drive. The CD didn't work, so I ejected it. Upon ejection, Ubuntu loaded. Not only was my seemingly dead hard drive working, Ubuntu is now positively fast, and no longer requires a hard reboot to get out of it's slow, busy hard disk moments. I can't explain it. Does anyone have any ideas? I guess the question should be, why was it slow in the first place? But the one I really would like to know is why it is now completely cured. Thanks, Continue reading...
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