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"fast" is relative.
How fast your system starts up also depends on the various tools, programs and services you run.
So install a tool like "boot up manager" (aka. BUM) or sysv-rc-conf and look at some topics on ubuntuforums.
I want to add one thing to Koenputer's and brunovecchi's opinion: You're to late. Hardy is out, and apart from security fixes (which this isn't) nothing will be changed.