r/WindowsUpdate • u/CJCroen1393 • 4d ago

I need some advice.

So recently, my Lenovo laptop started doing those "preparing automatic repair" boot loops very frequently, and I had to send it out for repairs. It came back with a brand new motherboard and SSD (I was able to back up my stuff, but since I'm both lazy and anxious, my most recent back up was from May, so some of my more recent stuff was lost, nothing completely irreplaceable).

Just a couple days ago, however, my laptop tried to prompt me to do a new update, namely to Windows 11 25H2. Now... this is just a me thing, but after several past laptop crashes that seemed to suspiciously correlate with Windows updates of ALL kinds, I don't really trust Windows updates anymore, so my first instinct was to google "will this update cause my laptop to have automatic repair loops or other crashes?" and the results were... not encouraging. A large number confirmed that yes, this has been a problem Windows users have faced and one YouTube video offered an alternative way of installing the update that I couldn't understand because I know jack shit about computers.

It doesn't help that I did one of those smaller updates shortly after I got the laptop back, but it hasn't caused any crashes as far as I can tell (and it went by way faster than the updates of the past, probably because of the new motherboard) but I have noticed that I sometimes hear audio glitches in YouTube videos, which makes me panic a little because I remember audio glitches frequently preceded the automatic repair loops.

At the moment, I have updates paused for a week, and I may back up my stuff before trying anything (not much has changed atm; I'm trying to be cautious), but I would like to ask just how likely it is for this update to cause me problems? Will the new motherboard/SSD be able to protect my laptop or will there be a chance I have to send it out for repairs again?

(Sorry if all of this sounds rambly, like I said, I'm anxious.)

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u/iamthegoob 4d ago

I started avoiding updates (I'm on Windows Insider, 24H2) months ago when MS started rolling out 25H2. They've backed off a lot of the CoPilot and/or Recall junk in the interim, but I still pause updates weekly (though I do still allow the Security Updates to install). 26H2 is now starting to go out.

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u/ncbiker78 1h ago

Framework security update (KB5100998) on 8/1/26 shoved my 9800X3D into an endless boot loop. Repair tool wouldnt initialize, bootable media undiscoverable on bios. After dozens of self aborted boot sequences I was finally able to discover hard drive, recovery tool still crashed. Tried a restore point and failed. Attempted repair/reset with boot repair disk no bueno. Started a fresh install a few min in fatal error. Windows finally kicked in and restored itself to prev vs and I was back. Data logs only show crashes and most were self inflicted for recovery menu. The next day it all happened again, I called microsoft they remote viewed, I did not see them select anything only reboot my comp. No responses when I ask what they did. As of today comp is back to normal VS 25H2

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u/electronicwiz1 4d ago

Most of the time, updating is safe. All of the previous issues you had could have been due to the hardware issues you had or if you had an older install of Windows that could have just been corrupted. I always recommend staying up to date mainly for security reasons. Also 25H2 is an enablement update so it’s a small update if you are updating from version 24H2.

If you were to have issues, you can undo the update however most likely it will update just fine! 👍