10.5.2 won't boot if Time Machine is connected

After updating to 10.5.2, the system just hangs in the blue screen and won't completely boot to login screen.
Until I unplugged the firewire that's connecting to the WD external HD for Time Machine, then it continues to boot and everything would be fine after that.
But every time I reboot or start up my MBP, it would just hang until I unplug the firewire to TM.
And yes, the overall boot time has at least doubled, I have 4GB RAM, MBP 2.4GH, 320GB HD (new WD) and it is VERY slow booting up.
Apple is feeling more and more like Microsoft..... I dumped Bill Gates for Steve and this is what steve gave me?

Start with these:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88338
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041221081432908

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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
    Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
    (Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
    If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
    If 10.7.0 or later...
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