Imac 8,1 Suddenly very slow

Hello all,
Last wednesday (ordinary day like all others) i was surfing the web. My wireless keyboard gave me a low battery warning. I got up get 2 fresh batteries and replace them. from that moment on the iMac got really slow.
I restarted the computer. Turns out it took 15 minutes to completely restart. It took 5 minutes to show the Apple logo at startup, 5 minutes for the blue screen and 5 minutes to load my desktop completely. I restarted the computer again. This time instead of the Apple logo it shows a folder icon with a question mark. I restarted again and it took its 15 min tu startup. I tried to do some last minute backup but with the slowness of the computer it would have taken more than 3 days according to finders calculations.(For a 400Mb transfer).
I did a SMC reset. Idid an RVRAM reset. Idid a disk utility scan. Even used Applejacks. Nothing helped.
Did a clean install of the Mac OSX. No help whatsoever. It starts up a little faster.( maybe 10min total). At after startup finder opens up quickly at first. After a while opening any program will make the icon bounce on the dock for 5 minutes before starting up.
I love this computer. (even-though I also have a 21.5' Imac). I would really like to know if someone out there knows what this problem is.
Thank you in advance.
Jurgen Celestijn

Redo the SMC and PRAM resets using the following instructions. You can also try Repairing Disk Permissions (Applications - Utilities - Disk Utility) and finally run Apple Hardware Test in Extended mode to see if there are any hardware issues.
*SMC RESET*
• Shut down the computer.
• Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
• Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
• Release the power button.
• Attach the computers power cable.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer.
*PRAM RESET*
• Shut down the computer.
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
• Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.

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