Ubuntu 12.04 boot up is unreasonably slow

Question

One of the things I like about Ubuntu is the allegedly fast boot time, unfortunately that's not the case for me anymore.

On my computer Ubuntu itself boots up in forty seconds (from choosing Ubuntu in the grub menu to reaching the login screen), and my user boots up in in almost fifty seconds (from entering my password to the appearance of the Dash).

I want to note that although I never had fast boot-ups in Ubuntu, (the boot of Ubuntu itself was always slow), since the last upgrade things have just gotten worse. I also want to note that after the boot itself my Ubuntu runs quite smooth almost without any lag.

Some hardware details:

• Memory: 2.0 GiB
• Processor: Intel® Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz × 2
• Graphics: GeForce 7100 GS/PCIe/SSE2
• I have both Ubuntu and Windows XP with dual boot, each installed on a different disk. My Ubuntu runs on an healthy 500 GB WDC Hard Disk with average read time of 108 Mb/s. My partitions can be seen in the following image:

Does anyone have any idea what makes my computer boot slowly, is my hardware outdated? Did I make any crucial mistake with the partitions when I first set Ubuntu up?

Is there any way to solve it?

Solution

I think for that processor it is not all that slow. You could try boot chart to see if it tells you anything useful.

Comments

[Alen]

I have PC with lower hardware specs and it works with no problem. try to reinstall your Ubuntu and see if it helps

[eladrich]

Can I post the boot chart on Ask Ubuntu, or does it contain any personal information?

[ccd]

10.04 will still be usable for quite some time (just look at XP). You probably cannot expect a significant improvement on this matter from any release post-10.10, given the same hardware.

[eladrich]

I'm not using Wubi, I installed Ubuntu on a different disk using a CD.

[nanofarad]

@eladrich It shouldn't. If it does, we'll edit it out.