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    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by toyota_scion_tc, Apr 14, 2011.

  1. toyota_scion_tc

    toyota_scion_tc Notebook Consultant

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    I cloned my HDD using CCC and now my boot time with the upgraded HDD seems really slow. After cloning I ran permission repair under disk utility, then I ran MainMenu, and then finally I tried running DiscWarrior permissiong repair and then optimize the directory but no luck. Any suggestions?
     
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Somebody ought to sticky this info - here's the link to my comment on this recurring problem ... which fixes it nicely and regains quick bootup ... back in November. The cloning procedure can reset the startup disk setting. Text follows.


    Ran into this myself, and discovered the cause with some google search or other over the summer.

    The reason this bootup time suddenly increases is that the cloned drive when doing this to a 10.6.x drive loses the Startup Disk setting under System Preferences, and the extra time is the system querying the network for a startup disk 20-30 sec before the whirling gray startup wheel shows up. Whether this is a 10.6.x issue when cloning or specific to the latest version of SuperDuper, I don't know.

    To fix the problem go into SysPref, click on the local hard drive as your startup disk, then click the restart bubble. Startup will return to expected short period.

    I replicated this with 3 different systems - weird bug but setting the Startup Disk fixes it.
     
    ClearSkies, Apr 15, 2011
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    I have just discovered this, last night. I have a thumb drive that I boot from sometime to run Disc Warrior and happen to be curious about the startup disc preferences. Thank you for the post, I was getting frustrated with this. I also repasted my CPU, GPU, and Thunderbolt chip.
     
    toyota_scion_tc, Apr 15, 2011
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