Mac book pro is slow on the start up

Dear fellow applers,
Kindly help me to know what are the steps to fix up a mac book pro that is slow on the start up?
Many thanks,
Caroline

If you could provide more details, it would be helpful. How far do you get. What is on the display. What have you tried. And so forth.
In the interim, look for solutions on this comprehensive troubleshooting article;
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
Ciao.

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As per your instructions, these were the messages that were logged in the first few minutes after start up.
Jul 17 21:17:18 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jul 17 21:17:37 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[22]: usbmuxd-211 built on Feb 8 2011 at 13:49:43 on Feb 8 2011 at 13:49:43, running 64 bit
Jul 17 21:17:39 localhost bootlog[41]: BOOT_TIME: 1310917638 0
Jul 17 21:17:39 localhost mDNSResponder[29]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-258.21 (May 26 2011 14:40:13) starting
Jul 17 21:17:39 localhost configd[13]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Network is down (50)
Jul 17 21:17:39 localhost configd[13]: DHCP en1: INIT-REBOOT transmit failed
Jul 17 21:17:39 Siddharth-Jaswas-MacBook-Pro configd[13]: setting hostname to "Siddharth-Jaswas-MacBook-Pro.local"
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