content: Yeah, do you have any idea how long it takes to clone a hard drive?  Even with USB 3.0 speeds and multi-processing??? I remove your 120 GB SSD drive, I plug it into a 6 GB/s cable, and the best I get is about 200 mb/s.  That means it's gonna take about 15-30 minutes to copy.  And that's not verifying it to ensure it's a GOOD copy. Imaging a 120 GB drive live?  Shiiiiit...that's gonna be 30-60 minutes, because there's no way your computer is going to put all it's resources to the USB 3.0.  Even if you're running a super fast laptop, at best I'm gonna get 15-30 minutes.    In short: I'd rather you unlock you laptop and THEN take it away.  The USB device I plug in?  That's a "mouse jiggler", so it makes your computer think you're still using it and not lock out.  Then I can grab a nice memory capture and acquire the hard drive at a later time, without hassle of worrying if you're coming back. PS: don't leave your house with any computer you're doing illegal things on.  It's not healthy.