On 03 May 2005 17:26:29 -0400, Sam Goldwasser
wrote:

(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.
:
I read a post from someone suggesting that some of these drives may have
some toxic chemicals in them. Is this true or false?