Minecraft crashes after peressing play!

WHEN EVER I OPEN MY MINECRAFT AND PRESS PLAY IT LOADS FOR 30 SECS AND THEN POPS UP WITH"SORRY YOUR GAME CRASHED" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IVE HAD MINECRAFT FOR LIKE 3-4 YEARS NOW PLEASE. im on a HP ProBook 6555b laptop minecraft used to work before i got windows 8 i used to have windows 10 should i go back?