<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">My version of Mint stopped updating and now it's scrambled as is Open Office. After a few hours from reboot, the machine goes into continuous hard disk calls and slows to a near stop.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad T410 which was blindingly fast, with memory sticks as storage. I get the same problem with a T420 and an X200.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Any suggestions please?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I need to learn a lot more about Linux!</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Best Wishes,<br>Martin<br>Dr. Martin Osment LLD MIEEE EPOC MICWM<br>Tel/Text: 07718 910 277 +44 (0) 7515 59 53 37<br>Fax: +44 (0) 871 994 0012<br>Skype: martin.osment<br><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12px">This
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