Hey Softwaremaniac. Thank you for checking this out!
My PE boot still puts the primary VOL as C:. The execution ran, with the added requirement of a defined Scratch directory. The command was as follows (E:\ is my USB Fat32 partition):
DISM /Image:C:\ /Cleanup-Image /RevertPendingActions...
Yeah I am almost to the give up point, however it was this final "stairing down the barrel" desperation that made me seek out some other expert eyes after finding the very similar post here (although that one was booting making it more strait forward). I should also add some situation context...
##Note: situation is unique in that I cannot boot windows at all so tools like SFCFix will not work
Windows 10 10.0.18362.476 Professional was recently working fine, but after a large number of patches, firmware updates and driver updates, the laptop went into a no-error displayed boot loop (had...