That's why you remove the ssd/hdd yourself, or ask the tech to remove it for you beforehand. Even if it is totally encrypted. Also, learn repairing your devices, not worth it letting some random dude repair it anyway.
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Sir your hard drive was missing but we replaced it and charged you accordingly.
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That's also impossible for most tablets and phones, which are probably holding more sensitive information on them than laptops these days...
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If you cannot moves sensitive files to another storage device temporarily then, people should have those encrypted. With something like Cryptomator software.