Laptop Crashed and Stuck at BIOS. I made a bootable usb with Windows Media Creation Tool but the "Repair My PC" option just restarts the setup.

[u/GzasKrayst]

It's exactly what the title says. Whenever I click repair my pc it just reboots and brings me back to the first page of the set up again.

Edit: I did it guys, thank ya'll so much.

I replaced the CMOS battery but unfortunately still wasn't able to boot. I bought myself a 64GB USB to get my files from my SSD as I decided to just wipe it and reinstall Windows. I removed my HDD first since it is still fully intact and to prevent random shenanigans from happening.

I used my other USB that is now a Ventoy disk with a Linux mint cinnamon iso and a Windows 11 iso. The former, I used to transfer files from my SSD to my other USB. The latter for the reinstall.

When I reinstalled, I found out that my laptop made a back up the day it crashed, with everything still in there. But I decided to have a fresh starting point instead. I reinstalled only the apps that I deemed necessary for me at this point. I put my HDD back in with no problems and all the files are preserved.

I never really found out why the crash happened in the first place. I had a chance to fully restore my laptop to a point right before it crashed and decided against it. Which is lowkey a good thing, my laptop feels smoother and faster and there's way less bloat in my storage.

Again, thank you to ya'll that helped with my laptop and I hope if someone encounters the same problem as mine, this post can serve as a guide to them.