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No go. Only single OS drive contacted, clean boot enabled, spinning circles. I can get into Safe Mode just fine after forcing 3 reboot failures. So the answer lies in the difference between some aspect of Safe Mode and Full Mode.
FYI, I also disconnected my network so Windows can't go get updates at the end of the boot thinking that maybe that's what is causing the spinning circles, that it's trying to find and install updates.