Lion - 45 minutes to boot up, all actions slow

I have a year and a half old iMac running Lion, maxed 16GB Ram, standard 1 TB HD etc... It was fine until the last couple weeks, when it now takes literally 45 minutes to boot up from restart, and any actions take a good minute and I get the color wheel (even when just trying to click on File Menu, color wheel appears).
I've run DIsk Utilities from a Lion Install DVD, repaired permissions and disk. I've cleaned out all caches in the library. I've even re-installed Lion (not a clean re-install). I'd much prefer to avoid erasing the HD to re-install Lion. I haven't installed any new programs or hardware.
I've run Norton Anti-virus and it reports a clean HD.
I've opened Activity Monitor and the CPU and Memory is hardly used at all.
I've tried erasing the PRAM, but the machine boots too slow for the Keyboard to connect to the iMac, and when it will connect, it's already booting up and past the point of being able to give the command option P R... PRAM reset keys.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Brad

You can try this, clearing out the dyld cache. That's the most likely reason for the spinning pinwheel of death
Fix SPOD – How to Fix a Spinning Pinwheel of Death
I hope that will help, it won;t hurt, but I am not sure it is the full cause of your issues.
Tom

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    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.2.53 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper (1.21 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.keyspan.iokit.DMRantiClassic (1.4) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.olympus.CamBlockCommandsDeviceUP (3.1.0 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions/RBIOKitHelper.kext/Contents/PlugIns
    [not loaded]    com.iospirit.driver.RBTSRPlugin (1.18 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
        /System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.2.53 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.2.53 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.2.53 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.2.53 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.cisco.anyconnect.gui.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.citrix.AuthManager_Mac.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.citrix.ServiceRecords.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.synology.SynoSIMBL.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.synology.SynoSIMBL_RefreshFinder.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.cisco.anyconnect.vpnagentd.plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
    [loaded]    com.iospirit.candelair.daemon.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.iospirit.candelair.sync.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.regularrateandrhythm.rowmotehelperaide.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.tobit.rfx-server.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]
    [loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    com.vemedio.Snowtape.RadioAgent.plist [Click for support]
    [running]    net.presenterapp.PresenterServer.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
    iTunesHelper    Programm (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    Citations    Programm (/Applications/Papers.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app)
    Dropbox    Programm (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
    CNQL1213_ButtonManager    Programm Hidden (/Library/CFMSupport/CNQL1213_ButtonManager.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    DirectorShockwave: Version: 11.6.0r626 [Click for support]
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 [Click for support]
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 [Click for support]
    OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.1 [Click for support]
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
    CitrixICAClientPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 25 Check version
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
    Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: Unknown
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
    Open in Papers
    TinEye
    Add To Amazon Wish List
    Pin It Button
    Evernote Web Clipper
    DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
    Clip to DEVONthink
    My eBay Manager
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
    EcammAudioLoader: Version: 1.0.2 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
    CallRecorder: Version: v2.5.8 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
    Citrix ShareFile Sync [Click for support]
    DivX [Click for support]
    Flash Player [Click for support]
    Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
    iPhonePresenter [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
    Skip System Files: NO
    Mobile backups: ON
    Auto backup: YES
    Volumes being backed up:
        MBP HDD: Disk size: 478.21 GB Disk used: 465.24 GB
    Destinations:
        TimeMachine1 [Local]
        Total size: 0 B
        Total number of backups: 5
        Oldest backup: 2014-04-17 22:08:55 +0000
        Last backup: 2014-06-11 14:38:01 +0000
        Size of backup disk: Too small
            Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 465.24 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
        14%    WindowServer
        11%    storeagent
         2%    Finder
         1%    Dock
         1%    Safari
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
    176 MB    Safari
    50 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
    30 MB    storeagent
    26 MB    Finder
    24 MB    WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
    14 MB    Free RAM
    554 MB    Active RAM
    552 MB    Inactive RAM
    745 MB    Wired RAM
    1.01 GB    Page-ins
    398 MB    Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
    Feb 16, 2015, 01:58:49 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PresenterServer_2015-02-16-135 849_[redacted].crash
    Feb 16, 2015, 01:32:59 PM    Self test - passed
    Feb 16, 2015, 10:14:52 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-02-16-101452_[redacted].hang
    Feb 16, 2015, 07:50:33 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-02-16-075033_[redacted].hang
    Feb 16, 2015, 07:50:32 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Mail_2015-02-16-075032_[redacted].hang
    Feb 15, 2015, 10:34:48 PM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PresenterServer_2015-02-15-223 448_[redacted].crash
    Feb 15, 2015, 07:49:22 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-02-15-194922_[redacted].hang
    Feb 14, 2015, 10:46:59 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-02-14-224659_[redacted].hang
    Feb 16, 2015, 07:50:32 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Safari_2015-02-16-075032_[redacted].hang
    Feb 15, 2015, 03:33:15 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Preview_2015-02-15-153315_[redacted].hang

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