iMac 21.5'' 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 duo 4 GB 1067 MHz RAM

[mxsash540]

I purchased a new iMac 21.5'' and it has been working fine till 2 days ago... when i turned it on, it took about 5 minutes to start up. i dont know whats going on... but i repaired the hard drive and it says there are no problems but it still takes like 5 min to start up.. is there any reason to this? i also have 205 gb free space left. please help me sort this out or give me advice

thanks..

 

[Hellhammer]

Reset SMC and PRAM. Also, repair permissions with Disk Utility and reselect your OS X volume as #1 startup volume from System Preferences > Startup Disk and reboot

 

[mxsash540]

Reset SMC and PRAM. Also, repair permissions with Disk Utility and reselect your OS X volume as #1 startup volume from System Preferences > Startup Disk and reboot

Hi, tried that.. its still doing the same...

 

[Rodus]

First of all back up anything important on your HD as it is possible it's about to fail, then try a full reinstall from the install discs that came with the machine. If this makes no difference in the slow boot then it's a hardware issue.