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HP Pavilion Notebook - 17-g133cl

I have an HP Pavillion 17-g133cl laptop running Windows 11.  Yesterday I wanted to shutdown and there was a Windows update available, so I selected Update & Shutdown.  After running the update, it seemed to be restarting.  The screen then went black, it sounded like it was restarting again, an HP showed on a black screen, then the message Preparing Automatic Repair showed.  After a minute, it shuts off, then tries to start again.  The same message shows, then it shuts off.  This loop will continue until I force a Power Off.  I've been looking through various help sites and cannot find a fix.  I cannot get into safe mode.  I've used the F2 screen to run system checks, and everything says PASSED.  I created a Windows 11 boot USB and CD, but I cannot get it to read from either of them, it goes straight to the Preparing Automatic Repair screen & loop.  I've tried changing the Boot order in the F2 screen, but still nothing.  I read on another PC page to update the BIOS.  Where can I find a downloadable BIOS update for this laptop?  The HP page says there are no drivers available for it.  I see on the F2 page where I can update, but I cannot do it without the files.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  This is my primary PC for my consulting job.  Most of my data is on a removable drive, but all my programs reside on the laptop and some will be difficult to install elsewhere. Note: The F2 screen shows it is currently on BIOS Revision F.45 dated 04/28/2017

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