ENVY x2 11-g010nr Notebook PC can't boot off anything but C drive (and that doesn't work)

I have this Envy here and it is stuck in the "repairing disc" loop.  I've gone into advanced repair and command prompt and run chkdsk /R (with no problems) and I've TRIED to run sfc (even with offline options) and it fails to run.
I'd like to try to run some other tools or at least recover the data off of it before I try wiping it out.  This means I need to boot off USB drive or USB cdrom.
Neither of these options are working.
I've disabled secure boot and put both the USB drive and USB Cdrom at the top of the boot order but they won't boot.  They also don't show up when I pick boot menu from the escape key menu when booting.
Both of these disc and jump drives work in other computers as boot devices so it's not that, I use these almost daily and have used them since attempting to get this to work so I know they still work today.
Any ideas left?

Hi @Gilligan8 
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that your hard drive is stuck in a repair loop, and you are not able to boot off of an external device. I am happy to assist.
Are the USB drive image and the CD legacy boot images or are they UEFI?
Have you tried the BIOS or system hardware tests?
You try one of these methods to try to backup the data on your hard drive, and once have everything safely backed up you could try a system recovery, for which I have two more links below.
How to Recover Data from the Hard Drive of a Dead Laptop - wikiHow.com
Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows 8)
Troubleshooting HP System Recovery Problems (Windows 8)
Do not do the recovery until you have tried to backup everything you can to another hard drive.
I hope this helps.
Malygris1
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