ElementaryOS suddenly ran out of memory in its 20GB partition and in trying to clean it up (the Home files were in a different partition), and on recommendation of nearby professional techy, I deleted some log files and old kernel files and then it wouldn't run properly at all. For a while I have been wanting to give Linux Lite a try. I am an experienced computer user since 80's but never good at configuring, troubleshooting etc.
First I did a side-by-side install of LL2 in second adjacent primary partition which I created manually, since it wanted to put itself on my 1TB data drive which is off limits. It worked pretty well. Then I tried to re-install Elementary in the original first primary partition and that worked too. Then I went back to LL2 and it was not running things it ran before so I decided best at my level to have just one OS. Before making final decision, I installed Mint 17 on the third partition which is also where the /home was designated for both the others (after each installation I copied over saved files from original Elementary Home). Mint was nice but wouldn't accept my Thunderbird files like both LL2 and Elem. and in any case, I want to work with LL2 since it seems thoughtfully developed for a new Linux user (or technically challenged like myself), and I hope to work through all issues and become a proficient Linux user. I will offer a first impression evaluation later, but first have to get it running well!
So lastly I re-created and reformated all partitions and did a fresh install of LL2 with no other OS's and have not yet imported any old folders (mainly from Firefox and TBird) into the new installation. I did run updates.
The current problem is that originally when I ran out of memory with Elementary, sometimes the mouse wouldn't be responsive on booting up so I couldn't log in. I thought that was a memory related issue. But now the same thing is happening. Also, somewhere along the way, I couldn't get into the BIOS any more and still can't. Furthermore, it takes almost a minute with the BIOS screen up, and then booting up into the new LL2 takes another minute or so. It's very, very slow.
When booting up in safe mode before this last fresh installation, I noticed that the scrolling printouts kept hanging up at something to do with: 'usb 1-2 read/64 error -110'. One time it seemed to change that to usb 3-2 using new highspeed, but then later the same error as before came with usb 3-2.
I have had some electrical issues in my home recently and will have someone come out to look, but the computer is connected via a power bar that is supposed to shield against surges, and also the power unit is supposed to handle that as well. It is a good quality unit I believe and only 2 years old.
I explained possibly too much, but this way whoever reads this knows some of the peripheral issues which may or may not be relevant.
Before the last installation I ran the Boot Repair utility disk and it did not recommend any changes and the booting slowness and inability to access BIOS remained then, and still remains now.
I am nervous less these problems indicate electrical or hardware issues, but first want to see if there are diagnostics which can be run to clarify what is going on, or, ideally, effect an easy fix.
I attach the System Report files.
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