Brand new iMac 15minute boot time!

I have a one month old iMac which has been running perfectly until it is suddenly taking 15minutes to boot up, still has over 800G available space and nothing has been downloaded, disc permissions have been repaired and verified.
Why would this suddenly happen? Any ideas?

It sounds like either the computer has forgotten what it's startup disk is or possibility has a lot of Login items or maybe even both.
The first thing to check is your startup disk. Go to System Preferences - Startup Disk and see which disk (if any) is selected. If none is selected then click your internal HD and then re-start the computer.
For the Login in items go to System Preferences - Accounts - Login Items and check the list of Login Items. If you see applications in there you don't want highlight them and then click the - button at the bottom of the box.
Roger

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