{"id":23173,"date":"2022-01-27T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=23173"},"modified":"2022-01-27T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T11:18:59","slug":"machen-windows-updates-lenovo-rechner-kaputt-jan-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2022\/01\/27\/machen-windows-updates-lenovo-rechner-kaputt-jan-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Windows updates bricks Lenovo computers?(Jan. 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Windows\"[German<\/a>]Today I have a quick question for users and service providers who own or support Lenovo devices. I have seen reports that these devices (especially in the consumer sector) suddenly no longer boot after a Windows update (possibly January 2022 update). I don't have a lot of information yet – but I'll summarize what I've come across.<\/p>\n

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A post on Facebook<\/h2>\n

\"\"It was a short post on Facebook<\/a> in a German group for IT professionals \/ network specialists \/ administrators that caught my attention. There, a service provider asked if there might be experiences regarding Lenovos that are broken after a Windows update.<\/p>\n

\"Lenovo<\/p>\n

The poster is a service provider who gets his hands on many customer systems and can now look at three systems from Lenovo that are broken after installing a Windows update (probably in January 2022). I had offered to cover this within my blog if necessary, requesting for more details. When asked, the thread creator specified the situation as follows:<\/p>\n

The systems are consumer devices, Ideapad and similar, which are striking. After a reboot that follows the updates – they go into an infinite loop and ends up in the Lenovo specially customized Recovery (from Microsoft) at keyboard selection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Broken down a bit, these are consumer systems from Lenovo like IdeaPads with Windows 10. After a Windows update, the devices do not come up on reboot, but end up in an infinite loop that leads to the Lenovo recovery. It is a recovery of Windows specially customized by this Chinese manufacturer. Another user responded to my post and writes:<\/p>\n

Glad to answer there have also already got 4 laptops that are affected …<\/p>\n

They no longer boot up for me… can only throw out the updates via Safe mode<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, even there it looks like this person has already gotten four Lenovo laptops on the table with boot issues after a Windows update. In this case, the Windows updates can be thrown out in Windows Safe Mode so that the devices can boot again. However, the original poster writes:<\/p>\n

I can't get there [in safe mode] at all. Only the recovery system [is available], but it does not find any recovery points.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another user confirms the problem and writes:<\/p>\n

I recently had 2 ThinkPads where I first had to update everything via Lenovo System Update and then the Windows updates ran cleanly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This indicates that there are some problems at Lenovo, which can be fixed via Lenovo System Update. Only then can Windows Updates be installed successfully. The original poster meanwhile reports.<\/p>\n

so one [of the affected computers] could be \"rescued\" via recovery point.<\/p>\n

at the 2nd I have now BCD store is corrupt, after the recovery attempt with bcdboot<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Lenovo, there are a number of forum posts<\/a> (some from 2020) under the term Infinity loop<\/em> that address the issue. Also on reddit.com there is this post<\/a> from December 2020 with a similar problem description. From AOMEI there is this article<\/a> from Sept. 2021 that also deals with this issue.<\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/strong> Got a private message on Facebook from a supporter, with the following text (translated).<\/p>\n

Hello.\u00a0Regarding Lenovo updates: I have had at least 15 Lenovo pc\/laptop that did not boot after a BIOS update.<\/p>\n

Just yesterday a Lenovo V330-15IKB 81AX crashed after a BIOS update (which was released in 6.2021) (via Lenovo System updater). Screen remains black.<\/p>\n

Since Lenovo also distributes BIOS updates via Windows updates, the same thing happens here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe the information helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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