(Arthur Shapiro) writes:

In article , Dan wrote:
I just had to post this.

The last time I replaced a disk drive, I couldn't find a means of opening
it to grab the magnets. It wasn't Torx, security Torx, allen, or anything
else I had in my reasonably well-equipped set of wrenches. Finally conceded
defeat and discarded it.

Did I have an oddball (don't remember the brand) or was it simply a matter of
me being an idiot and not having a common tool?

You'd have to describe the screw heads or whatever. I've yet to come up
against a dead harddrive I couldn't get open reasonably non-destructively.

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