My macbook pro 2.33 17 inch takes 9 minutes to start and does not start with lion

my macbook pro 2.33 17 inch takes 9 minutes to start on Snow Leopard and does not go beyond the apple log start up with lion.
When I am using Snow Leopard after it has finished the starting process; everything works well..it is just the 9.10 minutes it takes to
boot that I don't understand + I want to upgrade to lion, but it get stock in the apple logo and the little while just keeps on spinning eternally.
I feel I am in purgatory...:-)
Please help ...any suggestion will be appreciated;
Thanks.

See if this is of any assistance:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Ciao.

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