On Sep 28, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote: > The delay is DEFINITELY BEFORE LOGIN; that is, it's still on the > Apple gray screen with the little sprocket spinning around that > takes so long. Does this mean I have to reinstall? Sorry to be getting into this thread late, but have you already used DiskWarrior? (That speeded things up for me.) HTH!