Super slow start up on Pavilion DV6

Hi,
I have a Pavilion DV6 laptop with Windows 7 64 bit OS. Until recently, it was working fine. Now, most often the computer just freezes at start up. After loding the start up programs, it goes into a busy state. nothing works. I dont remember making any major changes to the software or installing a new software before this slow start up. What should I do now? Will system restore to factory settings set things right? I also have data that I dont wish to loose in a secondary partition. So, if I restore it to factory settings, will I loose that partition?

Hello Sedhu,
Could you please let me know the product number and the model number of this computer. You can find this information on the back of the computer under the battery compartment.
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