Are you using Windows 10's built-in antivirus app (Windows Security aka Windows Defender), or did you install and are using a third-party antivirus app?
Most systems have a light that fleshes when things are being written to the hard drive.
Follow flavllee's advice about the battery and being powered by house power.
But, after at least another hour, then you may want to do the following.
I have had this happen to me, after waiting quit some time I have shut down and restarted.
It does take a while longer to get this started but the system did start. Once you get the system checked out and it appears to be running like it should do anther proper shut down and a reboot.
This is one of the reasons one should AlWAYS have a current backup of their system.
I suspect the lights are on the front of the computer (closest to you), on the right side. Usually there are about 4 lights, power, wifi, hard drive, and battery charge indicators.
Typically at 3 hours I suspect something has frozen and a hard restart should be performed (as David mentioned).
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