Slow start

My computer is an iMac 2009.  It will not load very fast.  I get the spinning wheel for a very long time (like 5 minutes).  What can I do?

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    Have 27.5 inch iMac OSX 10.11.3 computer. The memory of 4 MB.  Recently updated to 16 MB.  Now have the very slow start up.  15 minutes.

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    ewcbhc wrote:

    Have 27.5 inch iMac OSX 10.11.3 computer. The memory of 4 MB.  Recently updated to 16 MB.  Now have the very slow start up.  15 minutes.

    Should take 15 minutes to initialize 16 MB on a quad core computer?

    If you put expensive RAM and/or incorrect RAM then Yes. iMacs are very sensitive to the RAM and you must use quality RAM, more experienced on these forums users use OWC (www.macsales.com) or critical (direct purchase). RAM should also be installed in pairs. If you purchased anything else, then after a report of EtreCheck of your system and we can look for obvious problems.

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    I put t know what laptop you have exactly, but I think that the slow start Windows is caused due to viruses you have or had.
    A few years ago I also had a virus and it was causing a very slow start to the top, he did take up to 10 minutes until Windows has been loaded and the only solution to get rid of this used Toshiba recovery disc.

    I would like to recommend you. Use the Toshiba Recovery disk to restore to factory settings and save your data, because everything on the HARD drive will be erased.
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    Please post a report of EtreCheckof your system. We then look for obvious problems. Please click on the link, download the application and run the report. Once you have the report, please copy and paste into your response to this post.

    If you would like more information on what is EtreCheck, just click on the link and you will find a description of the application.

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    I think slow start or laptop slow operations depend on good configuration of the OS. I played with this last month and I am now convinced that Vista starts and runs on my laptop.
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  • Firefox has slow start up & I have the latest version. IE, Chrome, AOL will begin immediately. Firefox takes up to 10 minutes.

    Firefox has slow start up & I have the latest version. IE, Chrome, AOL will begin immediately. Firefox takes up to 10 minutes.

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    You may need to use questions Troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode (click on "Safe Mode" and reading) to locate the problem. Firefox Safe mode is a diagnostic mode that disables Extensions and some other features of Firefox. If you are using a theme, place you in the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Modules > Themes before start Safe Mode. When you enter Safe Mode, do not check all the items in the window, just click "continue mode without failure." A test to see if the problem you are experiencing is fixed.

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    Just bought a Satellite U400-15B and am loving the laptop itself but have the following two issues.

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    Hello MrAK

    If the laptop is brand new and you have a few days only I recommend you contact your dealer as soon as possible and. Talk with them and explain that you don't want to have replacement with dead Pixel or something like that. I hope they will understand you and help get new but 100% good laptop.

    Slow start is discussed several times. I have Satellite A300 and commissioning was horrible, but now, after a slight modification it starts after only 1.5 minutes.
    Check my ad under http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=134947

    Bye and good luck

  • Qosmio G20 slow start and restart

    My G20 becomes slower and slower when it starts. I still like the laptop and it s design still makes me believe s the laptop more beautiful that I've ever seen (in my opinion still improve the design then the new Qosmio s).

    So I m using 80 GB hdd2 in each total of 160 GB disk...
    I m using now 72 GB in a HARD drive and 10 GB on the other. So much free space in a single disc, but the laptop is too slow start about 3 min.

    I t n planning restore and clean the system of all the
    Any advice? Gather the HDD0 and space of two disks will be more fast laptop?

    It s 2 GHz speed and 2 GB memory.
    Thank you

    Hey Buddy

    You slow startup and startup has nothing to do with the HARD drive space.
    Your laptop could start slowly, due to a large amount of processes that run in the context of the operating system!

    What you could do, is first the msconfig and disable unnecessary applications in the Startup tab.

    Use some applications cleaning CCLeaner (tool free) i.e. to clean the operating system and the registry. Last but least could not defragment the HARD disk to improve performance.

    See you soon

  • Satellite A100 - Questions about slow start, not in the DMA mode CD drivers

    Hi all

    as you can see I have 3 questions:

    1. my Satellite A100-153 starts very slowly (current running avira antivir and sunbelt pfw only like on my other laptop which is older than this one, but not slow start)-anyone has any idea why (I would be very gratefull because I don't have reinstall win and all my stuff)?

    2 Nero tells me that my CD is not running in DMA mode - where can I check and fix this?

    3. drivers - am I forced the drivers supported on this site or can I use the drivers directly from the manufacturer (ATI for my graphics card, Intel for my chipset realtek for my sound and so on)?

    Help is welcome!

    Hello

    For me, it will be interesting to know what operating system you are using. Anyway, I'll try to give my short opinion on your questions:

    -many other factors may be responsible for slow start. It is usually the OS configuration. I'll try to find an interesting article, how to make faster starting and I will post it here for you.

    --entrer enter in the device IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers Manager, enter the properties for secondary IDE chanel and open the Advanced Settings tab. Is under transfer mode DMA if available? If this isn't the case, set it to please and after reboot check if the problem persists. DMA if available is usually defined as a default value.

    -In general, you can use it but it is well known that manufacturers of graphics card don't support mobile graphics cards and laptop manufacturers are responsible for.

    I recommend you to use the Toshiba drivers only. All of these drivers are put to the test.

    Good bye

  • Slow start up on Satellite Pro A60

    My Satellite Pro A60 EN takes forever to be able to use from initial startup and also what inversion of the users.
    I think about 12 minutes before you can use it from the market.

    Hello

    This subject, you can find a lot of comments here on this forum. Please use the advanced search option and put a slow start as search terms.

    If you need more suggestions please post again.

  • Re: Portege R500 - slow start when no network

    Hello

    We have several laptops from Toshiba Portege R500 used by mobile workers.
    When they are in the Office that they start fine (connected to the network).

    But when not connected to the network, they take several minutes to start up to the logon screen.
    I checked the boot sequence and the LAN is the last still start on the internal HARD disk.

    No idea why they are so slow start when not connected?

    Hello

    I understand that your notebook is in the field and use parameters that are applied in the company network.

    Maybe the Vista (or XP) looking for these settings if you are not connected to the office network and the entire procedure takes a little longer

    May I ask what anti-virus do you use?
    Sometimes antivirus software might affect the start and might slow the procedure as a whole.

  • Satellite L550 - system slow start

    Hi people!

    Got a new Satellite L550 running Vista 32 - bit, everything seems fine except for a few things on this machine that goes like this:

    1 system restore is one hell of a long process I have ever met so far-time is gasoline and 17 GB of restore disks its really a whopper!
    2. If you have any trouble with the 'text leap' (when entering) so I have. Sound the Alps Touchpad I found must be configured (by disabling the tapping) that's if you can find the tab 'Advanced' in the properties of the mouse
    3. I tweaked my startup programs, but this machine, of course, happens to a slow start. Any help here

    Otherwise a pleasure to have abandoned another manufacturing in favor of elegant, intelligent Toshiba laptop and hopes that its evidence switch!

    Hello

    I had a problem of cursor jump as well, but that was my mistake... I touched the touchpad accidentally during typing...
    I could solve this problem by disabling the touch pad using the FN + F9 key combination.

    PS; You have the latest version of the BIOS? Isn't it? Then update.

  • Satellite L300-1AQ - slow start

    I bought one of these a few weeks ago. It takes more than three minutes to boot to the full desktop, I think that it is very poor. A friend has a non-Toshiba, which has a lower spec and it takes a minute. My son (even more low spec) Toshiba takes 1.5 minutes. I've already exchanged this laptop, but the alternative is just as bad - same again without installing any additional software. I contacted the assistance service, but they do not have much help telling me to use MSCONFIG and Google apps could be disabled - I've tried a few, but it made no difference. Most of the time is spent with a screen 'Please wait '.

    In my opinion a core 2 processor (T5800) with 2 GB of RAM it not delay it. If I can't get help from Toshiba or here then I will get a refund on this machine - much as I otherwise it - only 3 minutes to the loan is completely unacceptable, especially when it is lower spec machines are so much faster.

    Hello

    Many people here on this forum have reported the same. My answer is that you need optimal configuration of the operating system. If you have time, please take a look at thread
    http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=134947 where I described my experience with slow start.

    Please don't be confused because I write any other laptop model. In general this slow start is not mobile specific problem.

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