Cannot connect (or very, very slow) to MacBook pro (1,1) as registered user

I have a Macbook Pro running Lion and a Mac Pro running lion - as well as a Macbook Pro (1,1) running Snow Leopard (although the problem also occurred in Leopard too, as I updated the OS to see if that would resolve it).
The problem is that I can connect from the SL MBP to the other computers on my network as a registered user (and see all of the files there), but when I try to connect from either of the other machines running Lion (10.7.5), I can connect as a Guest, but not as any of the registered users.
I get the connect as a registered user dialog, enter the valid info...and then the wheel of death appears in the box and nothing happens for a few minutes...then presto, I'm connected as the registered user.
Why is it not instanteous (as it is in reverse or between the Lion machines)?
What can I do to make it faster?
Thanks
Scott

Hi robfromkinglake west,
Try and isolate the issue.  Check if it's only with this drive.
Check the drive with Disk Utility
Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1782
I've never seen a drive take 20 minutes to mount.
Nubz

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