[Ti] Lengthy Startup Time

[Robert Fisher (Bob)]

I've had the same problem!!! very annoying!  I did use Disk Warrior 
...and I think it helped.
On 16-Mar-05, at 02:51, Wilcox, Jeffrey S. LCDR (VFA37) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Over the past couple days I've noticed that my Ti Book is taking a lot
> longer to complete it's startup sequence.  Everything works fine until 
> my
> desktop picture comes up.  I get the spinning beach ball for a good 3-5
> minutes before the finder will startup with the menu bar, desktop 
> items, and
> mounted volumes displayed.  The hard drive sounds like it's working
> furiously during the beachball's presence.
>
> I haven't loaded any new software within the last 2 months or so.  
> Also, I
> repaired the disk permissions, rebuilt the drive's directory and 
> de-fragged
> it wih Techtool pro.  One interesting tidbit is that Disk Utility says 
> it's
> mount point is "/" rather than "volumes/....." like my external drive. 
>  The
> SMART features say the drive is "failing" which has me obviously 
> concerned.
>
> Barring any suggestions you may have, I may wind up backing up the hard
> drive and reformatting it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeff
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Robert J.  Fisher
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