Macbook pro startup very slow

[iyahya]

Hi,

I have Macbook 2009 and nowadays it startup and it takes almost 2 minute to start and it's really killing me

My HD it's not full and i have 4GB memory

please help

 

[GGJstudios]

I have Macbook 2009 and nowadays it startup and it takes almost 2 minute to start and it's really killing me

My HD it's not full and i have 4GB memory

If you're having performance issues, this may help:

Performance Tips For Mac OS X​

 

[iyahya]

If you're having performance issues, this may help:

Performance Tips For Mac OS X​

i tried some of the technique mentioned in there but still the same problem

 

[GGJstudios]

i tried some of the technique mentioned in there but still the same problem

What did you find when you looked in the folders mentioned in the first point of that post?

 

[iyahya]

What did you find when you looked in the folders mentioned in the first point of that post?

it's empty nothing inside it

 

[GGJstudios]

it's empty nothing inside it

All 4 locations?

 

[iyahya]

All 4 locations?

All of them

 

[simon48]

You could aways get an SSD for a nice boost, but I know it's not a real "fix".

 

[disasterdrone]

Could be you have a struggling hard drive. You might want to try swapping it out, since a drive that is about to fail will sometimes slow right down.

 

[priitv8]

Does it start up normally in Safe mode (this will skip loading of most drivers)?
If you start up in Verbose or Single-User mode, do you see messages that indicate system waiting for any resources?

 

[iyahya]

Could be you have a struggling hard drive. You might want to try swapping it out, since a drive that is about to fail will sometimes slow right down.

What do u mean by swapping it ?

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Does it start up normally in Safe mode (this will skip loading of most drivers)?
If you start up in Verbose or Single-User mode, do you see messages that indicate system waiting for any resources?
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I did the safe mode nothing happens as well the Verbose

but when i do the Single user which is (Command-s)

message came out says there is 1426 possibilities ? if i'm not mistaken and then there is Y or N

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Does the Fonts effect the startup i have 1068 fonts

 

[abbottcostello]

i tried some of the technique mentioned in there but still the same problem

Did you try step #22 of the performance tips? "System Preferences > Startup Disk", ensure that your HDD that has OS X on it is selected (even if you only have one drive, it still needs to be selected, else the boot process will probe all interfaces for bootable devices). And, yes I believe Fonts will affect startup as well, that's #12 on the list of Tips!
Maybe too simplistic, but you said "some", so I thought it worth a mention!

 

[iyahya]

Did you try step #22 of the performance tips? "System Preferences > Startup Disk", ensure that your HDD that has OS X on it is selected (even if you only have one drive, it still needs to be selected, else the boot process will probe all interfaces for bootable devices). And, yes I believe Fonts will affect startup as well, that's #12 on the list of Tips!
Maybe too simplistic, but you said "some", so I thought it worth a mention!

Thanx for the reply

I will try it as soon as i arrive home it's worth a shot and sorry for my late reply

 

[iyahya]

I formatted my laptop the same problem is continuing

Check out my video plz help ( http://youtu.be/0n5vBquvWo0 )

 

[priitv8]

message came out says there is 1426 possibilities ? if i'm not mistaken and then there is Y or N

What possibilities do you see there?

 

[disasterdrone]

What do u mean by swapping it ?

I mean replacing it. It's cheap, and having a spare drive is about the worst outcome.