OK. First, this doesn't sound like a Sandbox. It sounds like a full "Backup - all files", or should be.
The first boot (and some of the subsequent running) will be slower because you're rebuilding your 'hot files' caches, and then spotlight's going to be indexing for a while. Give it some time to finish, and things should be fast again -- assuming the drive is not damaged.
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