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Assuming I can rule out:

- /dev/mapper/x
- /dev/dm-x
- /dev/loopx

This leaves me with

- /dev/sda (I know this to be the 2nd physical disk in the laptop, showing correct size)
- /dev/sdb (this is the bootable Fedora media)

I would certainly say that the disk is not being listed. There is ...

Here are the media selection options given (Fedora liveUSB). I do not see the disk or drive (should be ~256GB).

Selecting Drive:

https://i.imgur.com/i02gJHt.png

Deafult Partition Type = None:

https://i.imgur.com/oN4rrlZ.png

Forced to select partition type because it is unknown (I choose NTFS):

https://i.imgur.com/mCk7x1C.png

Rebuild BS Result:

https://i.imgur.com/1tFkJP5.png

If I quit from ...

The type of file system is RAW

CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.

Laptop behavior:

When I try to boot, the Windows logo appears and blue screens shortly after citing: unmountable boot device

I have booted to a copy of Mini-Windows 10, where I am trying to run TestDisk. From mini-windows I can see the state of the disk as follows:

Current view of disk ...