> It occurred to me that this is very similar to the time and harddisk > sounds of a desktop rebuild, so here's my new theory: > Somehow, the desktop is lost and has to be re-built at every startup. > So my question is now: Does this mean my harddisk is on the brink of > collapsing, or is it something that can be fixed?
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