[G4] G4 Boot Time

[Richard Klein]

It could be a failing hard drive.  Perhaps the computer is getting
read errors and re-trying until it gets the data it's looking for.  It
certainly wouldn't hurt to make a backup, if you haven't already.

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Mikey <mikey1 at rcn.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill.
>
> I'm running OSX 10.5.8
> Dual 1 Gig Processors  2 GB DDR SDRAM
> One ATA Hard Drive
>
> The interesting thing is that the load time varies...sometimes its 3
> minutes, sometimes its 7.  Its like the OS is searching for something each
> time its loads.
>
> I was hoping there was a freeware program that could examine the start up
> code and fix whatever is wrong.
>
> Mike
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> Subject: Re: [G4] G4 Boot Time
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>
>> Yo Mikey!
>>
>> I have a similar G4. I found that using any version of OS-X beyond Tiger
>> gave my machine problems. Not initially, it took some time, but eventually
>> things slowed down. I am also a fan of Disk Warrior to clean up my
>> directories. However I have also used Applejack, which is a freebie that
>> does a similar thing with the directories.
>>
>> What version of OS-X are you using?
>>
>> Bill
>> Montreal
>>
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