Macbook OS X Lion suddenly takes 30minutes to TURN ON...

[Joseph Han]

So, I bought my Macbook last year with alot of upgrades like
8GB memory etc, and it used to take like 10seconds to turn on.

Now all of a sudden, my macbook takes, LITERALLY, 30minutes
or more to turn on. it takes 30minutes on the apple logo screen
with loading wheel turning for 20minutes...

And when it does turn on, I try to go on facebook or youtube,
the browser just freezes for 1minute and i have to wait and then
it fixes and after a bit, it happens again and NEWS FEED reloads.

I read somewhere that it is because I'm using alot of space
on my laptop but when I check i have ALOT of free space.

What the hell is the problem? Please someone help me , please....

 

[RRutter]

You mentioned you got a RAM upgrade on it - maybe try removing and re-inserting the RAM? Also, what generation Macbook do you have? I was having a similar problem as you, and it was because I was putting 2x2GB sticks in when the maximum my computer allowed was 1x1gb and 1x2gb stick..

It also sounds like it has a lot to do with your hard drive.. May be time to get a new one. Perhaps a SSD, cut your boot times from 30 mins to a few seconds

Try some things to test your hard drive out.. You can check the SMART status using Onyx.