Ubuntu boot is slower than Windows 7

Posted by Alex Bixel on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Alex Bixel
Published on 2012-07-08T03:05:56Z Indexed on 2012/07/08 3:22 UTC
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One of the reasons I installed Ubuntu (Wubi installer) was for a supposedly quick boot time. My boot time with Windows 7 is about 20-25 seconds, while my boot with Ubuntu is 30-40. I judged the boot times from the time after I selected the operating system on the initial selection menu and the grub menu, respectively.

This is even after following all sorts of online guides to improve it. I've done driver profiling (and yes, I remembered to remove the "profile" edit in the grub file afterwards), I've cut a fair few startup programs out, and I've installed the preload package. But I'm still getting startup rates phenomenally slower than Windows 7.

Any help here?

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