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15 minutes to boot. WTF?

I have verified/repaired permissions and disk. Said everything was ok. But I'm beginning to believe that the drive may be dying. Crosses fingers. I will keep rebooting ton see if it speeds up. Any other advice?
 
dgitalchaos said:
3 minutes is way too long. Average with standard HD should be anywhere from 16-30 seconds.

It sounds like your hard drive is bad, or it will soon be bad.
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Agree. Should be within 1 minute. Mine is 30 secs :)

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kha said:
I have verified/repaired permissions and disk. Said everything was ok. But I'm beginning to believe that the drive may be dying. Crosses fingers. I will keep rebooting ton see if it speeds up. Any other advice?
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You should backup all you data and take it to the Apple store. This is my advice. Good luck :)
 
yeah seems as so. i have cleaned caches and ran all the verify/repairs over 30 times since the fresh install. my mbp is now booted up around 70-80 secs.

crosses fingers :(
 
Your hard drive is failing.

Back up all your data and replace the hard drive.
 
crap. looks like i better check newegg. any suggestions on hd? i currently have the hitachi 500gb 7200RPM and open for whatever is best.

Thanks.

Naimfan said:
Your hard drive is failing.

Back up all your data and replace the hard drive.
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*update*

after the fresh install of lion, running disk repair and verify disk numerous times, cleanmymac a hundred times, and itweax a thousand times i have pushed my boot time to 40 secs...

hoping i can break into the 30 second barrier soon.
 
kha said:
*update*

after the fresh install of lion, running disk repair and verify disk numerous times, cleanmymac a hundred times, and itweax a thousand times i have pushed my boot time to 40 secs...

hoping i can break into the 30 second barrier soon.
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You want to help your system? Uninstall CleanMyMac. I would not recommend using it, based on the number of complaints that have been posted in this forum and elsewhere. As an example: CleanMyMac cleaned too much.

You don't need "cleaner" apps to keep your Mac running efficiently. Mac OS X does a good job of maintaining itself, without the need for 3rd party apps.
 
kha said:
*update*

after the fresh install of lion, running disk repair and verify disk numerous times, cleanmymac a hundred times, and itweax a thousand times i have pushed my boot time to 40 secs...

hoping i can break into the 30 second barrier soon.
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I would still recommend backing up your drive immediately.
 
Yep.

Get rid of CleanMyMac.

Backup everything.

Replace hard drive--try the Hitachi 750 GB 7200 RPM. $79.99 shipped on Newegg.

Booting and rebooting can shorten your boot times, but you're also accelerating the death of the drive.

And let's hope it is just the hard drive - if it's anything else, it'll be a lot more expensive and harder to fix.

Good luck!
 
I had an issue with my computer not arriving at the desktop for 10-15 minutes after booting on my Mac Pro.

After diagnostics, I found my eSATA drivers were corrupted and causing issues at boot. You might not have have eSATA, so check other drivers even the built-in AHCI drivers. If you have external firewire or USB drives that use special drivers, I would check those too (even if they're not connected).
 
GGJstudios said:
You want to help your system? Uninstall CleanMyMac. I would not recommend using it, based on the number of complaints that have been posted in this forum and elsewhere. As an example: CleanMyMac cleaned too much.
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How many times are you going to resurrect that lazarus thread? It's over 2 years old and the app has evolved.

I've uninstalled 100's of things using it without a hitch. Most importantly, when uninstalling an app, it will even show you "file by file" what it's going to remove... plus, if it's a critical file it asks for an admin password to proceed. There's more failsafes in place than doing it manually as you always prescribe.
 
Steve's Barber said:
How many times are you going to resurrect that lazarus thread? It's over 2 years old and the app has evolved.

I've uninstalled 100's of things using it without a hitch. Most importantly, when uninstalling an app, it will even show you "file by file" what it's going to remove... plus, if it's a critical file it asks for an admin password to proceed. There's more failsafes in place than doing it manually as you always prescribe.
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First, I'm not resurrecting that thread; I'm referring to it. Second, the most recent post in that thread is August of this year and the most recent post reporting problems is in July, so it's still relevant. Third, the app is still being reported as problematic. Fourth, just because you may not have had any problems doesn't mean someone else won't. Finally, as far as using it to uninstall apps, it doesn't find everything related to an app, so it's not as effective and complete as the manual method.
 
i bought a time capsule so everything is backed up. i have a question tho. say, when i get my new hd, i'd probably want to got SSD how would i pull everything i have currently since it is a clean install and i have installed all my new software on it?

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now I'm paranoid of cleanmymac. as far as uninstalling apps i have been using apptrap.

good or bad?

GGJstudios said:
First, I'm not resurrecting that thread; I'm referring to it. Second, the most recent post in that thread is August of this year and the most recent post reporting problems is in July, so it's still relevant. Third, the app is still being reported as problematic. Fourth, just because you may not have had any problems doesn't mean someone else won't. Finally, as far as using it to uninstall apps, it doesn't find everything related to an app, so it's not as effective and complete as the manual method.
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kha said:
now I'm paranoid of cleanmymac.
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No need to be paranoid, but caution is appropriate, considering the number of complaints that have been reported. I wouldn't use it or recommend it.
kha said:
as far as uninstalling apps i have been using apptrap.
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In most cases, app removal software doesn't do a thorough job of finding and removing files/folders related to deleted apps. For more information, read this.
 
kha said:
i bought a time capsule so everything is backed up. i have a question tho. say, when i get my new hd, i'd probably want to got SSD how would i pull everything i have currently since it is a clean install and i have installed all my new software on it?

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now I'm paranoid of cleanmymac. as far as uninstalling apps i have been using apptrap.

good or bad?
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I've been running into similar problems on the exact same model with lion. Got boot time to about 2 minutes with some verify boot, etc. Did you do a clean install from a homemade DVD? I did.

Also, since you're still under warranty you can get your hd replaced for free. This is a total qc issue that apple will cover.
 
hi gys i have problem with my macbook pro 15-inch
the part number or model number :MC372LL/A
CPU :core i5 2010
8 GB RAM
HDD 500 GB
i have lost the OS X DVD installing the original CD and the other copy doesn't work on it what should i have 2 do which copy install on it
 
Yes I made a DVD and clean install. Is my machine still under warranty? How long is the warranty?
 
Try this

I was having the same problem for 6 weeks with my macbook no fix, and i finally found this and it fixed the problem. I was about to go by a logicboard or a new computer.

Try it, can't hurt anything..

On your hard drive, go to Systems/Library/Extensions folder
Look for any kext file that starts with IOFirewire, copy them to a new folder on your desktop
Delete the files from your extensions folder.
Reboot.
See if it fixes the problem, if so (or not) copy the files back to the Systems/Library/Extensions folder
Go to Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
Reboot.
Done.
 
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