My Windows 11 Laptop doesn't boot to ANYWHERE anymore after a Windows update. Freezes on booting into a USB drive/installation media/windowsRE. Please help.
# Edit: Solved. Explanation below.
My laptop was soft bricked because of Microsoft's [Windows 11 April 2026 KB5083769 Update](https://windowsforum.com/threads/windows-11-april-2026-kb5083769-update-reboots-bitlocker-prompt-boot-loop-risk.414434/), which caused a boot loop because it meddled with sensitive files that brick the BIOS of some configurations.
Using an EFI shell, I was able to patch my BIOS to the newest version, and keep all of my data intact. **Gigabyte published an official patch to flash the BIOS. Please follow the** [**official guide PDF**](https://mcendon.github.io/gigabyte/BIOS_update_operation_instructions.pdf), as this is the one I followed. Keep in mind this guide was made by Gigabyte for Gigabyte laptops, and I don't know if it'll work for other laptops, but I think the general concept of flashing your bios will.
I would like to wish all of Microsoft a very good **please stop using AI to code an OS I KNOW you are doing it I KNOW you are STOP or so help me I hope the OS dissolves and the company gets liquidated** even though I know monopolies don't get punished like that anymore.
Hoping this post helps anyone in the future.
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# Main Post:
I have a Gigabyte G5 MF5(2024), running Windows 11 x64. The Bios is InsydeH2O version FD07.
I have had it for 18 months. I have never damaged the laptop in any way, and the laptop has been sitting at my desk for the last 18 months, where I turn it on for 8-12 hours a day to do schoolwork or play the odd game on steam.
As of two days ago, a Windows 11 update happened while I was using the laptop, and made it so that whenever I boot my laptop, it freezes on boot. To be more precise, I can choose to boot into my 1TB SSD or my Windows 11 Installation Media USB, but either way it's going to flash the GIGABYTE manufacturer's logo, and then stay there ***indefinitely.*** The loading circle above 'Preparing Automatic Repair' never even appears; the order of things that appear on the screen are:
1. Manufacturer logo appears. 2. 'Preparing Automatic Repair' text appears. 3. The laptop freezes, before the loading circle appears.
The interesting thing is that if I restart my laptop, the next time, the 'Preparing Automatic Repair' text does ***not*** *appear,* and the laptop freezes on step 1, after the Manufacturer logo appears instead. This *alternates*, where one restart it'll freeze at step 1, and the next restart it'll freeze after step 2, and the restart *after that*, it'll freeze after step 1 again.
The things I have tried are:
1. Booting into the 1TB SSD. 2. Booting into the Windows 11 Installation Media USB Stick. 3. Restarting more than 3 times to force the boot to enter WindowsRE on both my SSD and my USB. 4. Disabling Secure Boot and attempting step 1 and 2. 5. Restoring Optimal Defaults in my BIOS and attempting step 1 and 2. 6. Deleting my .dbx keys and attempting step 1 and 2. 7. Erasing all secure boot settings and attempting step 1 and 2. 8. Factory resetting my secure boot settings and attempting step 1 and 2. 9. Draining the laptop of its charge before attempting step 1 and 2. 10. Removing peripherals(my mouse) before attempting step 1 and 2. 11. Booting from the .efi files on my SSD/USB directly. 12. Disabling fast boot and attempting step 1 and 2.
Please help. I don't really care about losing data, as all my schoolwork is backed up, but I want to just be able to use the hardware.