How do I prevent Eclipse from hanging on startup?

Question

I am using Eclipse 3.3 (\"Europa\"). Periodically, Eclipse takes an inordinately long time (perhaps forever) to start up. The only thing I can see in the Eclipse log is:

Answer 1

try:

1. cd to \.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources
2. remove the file *.snap (or .markers in Indigo)