The point is the professional ones can do 30+GB a minute if the drives can keep up so yes, you can pull and clone and replace a filled 1TB drive in about an hour.
-Dave
Interesting question then is: what if something break on your laptop where you have critical informations? What if your power supply breaks on your laptop? Can you trust your repair shop will not duplicate your hdd?
Any ways of mitigating this? Even if the wallet.dats are encrypted, I bet there will still be loads of passwords saved while browsing, that can do a lot of damage.
When I gave my phone to repair shop, I resettled it to factory setting, but had the luxury of being able to prepare for the event.
What should you do in case of an “ unforeseeable” event?