Frozen/lagging start up screen

I was playing a game on my laptop and later it died. I plugged it in and when I went to turn it on it was just froze. It starts up like the game is starting, but it never loads. I cant get to my regular home screen or anything. Ive taken out the disk and pressed many different things to try and stop it. I turn it off and close it, but when I open it, it automatically turns on to the same screen. But I can still move my mouse around. HELP

Hi there @ashleymarie7
Welcome to the HP Support Forums! It is a great place to find the help you need, both from other users, HP experts and other support personnel.
I understand that your system crashed while playing a game, and now it will not start properly. I am happy to help with this. Please post the full product number for your notebook. See the following, if you need help with that information.
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For now, my recommendation, would be to try out this page, and let me know if it helps or not.
HP Notebook PCs - Computer does not start (Windows 8)
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