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Need help with HP Split x2 laptop

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Processor Intel i9 9900K @5GHz w/ Corsair H150i Pro CPU AiO w/Corsair HD120 RBG fan
Motherboard Asus Z390 Maximus XI Code
Cooling 6x120mm Corsair HD120 RBG fans
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s) Asus RTX 3080Ti STRIX OC
Storage Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB , 970 EVO 1TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, 10TB Synology DS1621+ RAID5
Display(s) Corsair Xeneon 32" 32UHD144 4K
Case Corsair 570x RBG Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s) Onboard / Corsair Virtuoso XT Wireless RGB
Power Supply Corsair HX850w Platinum Series
Mouse Logitech G604s
Keyboard Corsair K70 Rapidfire
Software Windows 11 x64 Professional
Benchmark Scores Firestrike - 23520 Heaven - 3670
I need a bit of help with the laptop listed above. I will provide a direct link to the computer below. Basically, I need to reformat this computer. The client ended up getting a ransomware virus on the machine but it will NOT allow me to boot from any USB device whether it is flash drive or external hdd. It's really starting to piss me off because ive been working on this since Friday night and I just want to be done with it.

Secure boot is disabled and grayed out in the bios and I have tried having legacy boot both enabled and disabled and I cant do a thing. I cant even use Windows 8's built in option of restoring the OS back to factory defaults as the options dont even appear.

Any help would be appreciated.

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/us/en/mdp/Laptops/split-x2-97507--1#!&TabName=features
 
Only thing I can think of is remove the hard drive from the laptop and install it in a caddy or second system to scan, wipe, move files or whatever else you want to do with it.
 
It just needs wiped at this point
 
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