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Update
Wanted to provide an update:
Today was spent doing several things involving re-format, re-partition, re-install, re-clone, etc. and everything led to the same conclusion; the drive boots only when it is external.
By the way, the firmware of this computer was updated by the most recent security updates so that could be a contributing factor (not validated though).
Spent over an hour with a real smart guy at the Genius Bar, he tried everything I had tried and he was also pretty confused. The fact that the drive works flawlessly when external but fails when placed internally is pretty strange.
He's offered to replace the laptop - considering it ...
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