Zorin OS not booting after two days of usage

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I have been using Zorin OS 16 Core for a couple of days now. I've installed some apps and while trying to install vscode (I need it for my degree work), the software centre wasn't loading. So, I followed some steps from an answer on this forum to uninstall it and then, I had to reboot my system. Unfortunately, it no longer boots up. I've attached the current boot screen. I had long boot times before as well, occasionally, which might be due to the extensions I'm using or beacuse of my HDD. I've noticed that Zorin takes much more time to load as compared to Mint or even Windows 10. What should I do?

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My system specs if needed:
Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3i
i5-10300H
8 GB DDR4-2666
GTX 1650
1 TB WD HDD

Also, why do I see obscenely high ram usage while system is idle? Free memory was around 900 to 1000 mb.

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Can you Attach the Post or Program you used from this forum, So that we can proceed with this problem :smile:

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For Your OS Loading Longer, Win 10 has a fast boot feature that locks the hard drive to boot faster. Zorin takes time in loading the startup programs you installed (with or without consent). So there is nothing much we can do except reducing number of programs and services running :joy:

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From that I believe the OP is first looking for help to boot his machine from the Lenovo/Zorin black screen.
@Arthur46 I suggest you search on the forum for "black screen boot". There are quite a few occurances and advice relating to this, but some depend on which graphics card you have, especially if Nvidia.

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If you are also seeing High RAM usage, that is unusual. If this is a relatively recent install of Zorin OS, I would bite the bullet and reinstall Zorin OS completely.
You can install VS code with the short command in terminal:

sudo apt install code

That will solve that particular issue.
For the Slow Boot time, we can look at that, as well using analyze-blame command.

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Well it did start after one very peculiar thing. I've found out that if I boot into UEFI, then exit and boot into Zorin, it works perfectly. If I try directly booting in Zorin, it doesn't boot up at all. I'm thinking of doing a reinstall.

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Please check if you are installed as Legacy (MBR) or EFI, as well as checking which Windows is installed as.
If Windows is installed Legacy, then it is best to also install Zorin as Legacy, too.
If Windows is installed EFI, then install Zorin as EFI.

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