question about opening hard drive

[mc00]

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]

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.

 

[bacillus]

I think they're called torx screw drivers.

 

[TechnoPro]

In a pinch, a good pair of pliers and some elbow grease will remove them.

 

[imported_rod]

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

 

[Kaspian]

torx or star bits

 

[mc00]

thank you all!

 

[keeleysam]

Prob Torx-6