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

no need to delete entire metadata file. just try deleting the .snap file from org.eclipse.core.resources on your workspace folder

ex. E:\workspaceFolder\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources