Definately looks like a broken screen....turn it on and keep pressing the F8 key if the the screen appears with the service options you know it is a weird screen graphic thing if not screen is sh**ged...
If, as it appears , it is just the LCD screen that is pooch screwed, you should be able to get a replacement if the laptop is worth it (cost me £200). If you want to get your data off you should be able to plug an external monitor in and use it that way.....
I don't see how its got cracked at all as it has not been dropped. I was playing football manager got a graphic error so posted it on the offical football manager website and they told me to download this graphic pack they gave me a link to it. I installed it and then went for a bath came back turned laptop on and its like that.
Laptop is 7months old max its an asus not a great make but couldn't afford an expensive laptop.
It was something x graphic update. One of the offical people on the football manager website told me to download it. As a few people have had this error.