Windows 8 stuck on please wait

No problem.
So you used system restore to get windows running again?

yes thats right, the laptop started to play up again later but just restored again and its ok now so obviously something wrong not sure what to do to try to clear it completely
 
Sounds like a dying harddrive. Check it for bad sector.
Windows have a tool inbuilt that can do that.
I personally use another program for that, but this should tell if your drive is dying or not.
Here is a written tutorial on how to check for bad sectors with windows inbuilt disk scanner.

Check your hard disk for errors
 
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