<![CDATA[iFixit - Active Questions Tagged slow boot]]> http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/Tag/slow+boot en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:42 -0700 <![CDATA[MacBook: Why is my MacBook slow to boot?]]> A couple of months ago my MacBook really started to slow down when booting up. I have a 500Gb HD partitioned 300Gb Mac 10.6 and 200Gb Windows XP. Both have plenty of free space. Now it takes 4-5min for the OS 10.6 to fully boot and the XP won't boot at all, just restarts. Is this a hard drive issue? I might add the HD seems noisier than usual.

⟐ Commented January 25, 2013 at 7:51 pm -0700

]]> http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/49372/Why+is+my+MacBook+slow+to+boot http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/49372 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:51:24 -0700 <![CDATA[iMac G5 17" Model A1144: Internal drive slow, externals work fine]]> Internal hard drive became super slow to startup, (over 5 minutes). Also any task took longer, (about 10 times longer.)

Zapped pram, rebuilt permissions, and repaired disk, no improvement.

Disk utility, and techTool both reported OK, but took forever to run the tests.

Replaced internal drive with new, same results.

Everything is fine when starting from a cloned system on any external drive. (firewire,usb,flash, all work fine.)

I now suspect the HD cable, HD controller, or power supplies.

Any idea what to check next?

-Mike

⟐ Comment deleted November 8, 2011 at 5:09 am -0700

]]> http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/64256/Internal+drive+slow%2C+externals+work+fine http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/64256 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:09:55 -0700