Why does my MacBook take too long to turn on?

I have a MacBook, the 2008 version, and whenever I turn my MacBook on, an empty gray line appears. When the line is completely filled, it starts to turn on like how it should be. Sometimes, I just put my MacBook to sleep to avoid waiting. Waiting takes more than 3 minutes. By the way, I updated my MacBook to OS X Lion. Is there a reason behind this or any ways to fix this situation. Thank you in advance for reading this!

Remove any items in System Preferrences > Users & Groups > Login Items
Same for HD > Library > StartupItems
Then restart your Mac.
If it's not a startup item causing the slow startup, the startup disk may need repairing.
Startup your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys so you can access the built in utilities in the recovery system.
OS X: About OS X Recovery

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