question about opening hard drive

mc00

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Jan 25, 2005
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hey....


I have completely dead laptop hard drive is a slim ibm travelstar hard drive, just wondering what are those special screw drivers you use to open it? I saw them in ebay once but I don't remember what are they called... anyone know where I could find this screw drivers?

thank you for your time........
 

David Brent

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some leathermans have those...dunno what model it is but my dad has one. it's cool to see the inside for the 1st time, the platter surface looks like a flawless mirror, very neat looking.
 

imported_rod

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Torx probably. If you're unlucky, they'll be tamper-proof torx (the same as a normal torx, but with a spike in the middle).
There are plenty of other types of strange screws/bits, but torx are probably the most common.

Any good electronics store should have them. Also, if they are torx, any decent hardware store will have them.

RoD