Seagated Hell

[LOST6200]

Hopw can I remove the gard dribe from Seagato eSATa enclousure? It beis an older 500gb drive about a year ago, weith some funky pentagram screws. Ugh.

 

[ddrueding]

Do you have a link to the enclosure? Or a picture of the screws? I suspect I know what they are, but I don't know the name of them. The same ones hold my ceiling projector mount.

 

[LOST6200]

That kind http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/08/24/seagate_500_gb_external_hard_drive_goes_esata/

 

[ddrueding]

Is this the type you need? I still don't know the name of them.

 

[ddrueding]

Their sizes are T-<number> if that helps.

 

[LOST6200]

No those aer like the secuirty torx thagt i have.

 

[timwhit]

Torx

 

[Bung]

If they are pentagram shaped you might stay screwed.

http://www.brycefastener.com/pentaplus.htm

 

[ddrueding]

Nice find, Bung. They make a whole line of PITA bits. This one in particular would be a real bear to work around.

 

[LOST6200]

The Screws are apparatively Trox Plus five point. I have the 6 point useless kiond. Onlay a few of the 5-point TorX puls are abaibel online, but teh sccrews in the SEAgate are vcery receesssed so no go for he sopckets drivers type. I say FU to Seagte! It is nt a damned bank bvault; I just want myown hard drive.

 

[Bozo]

There is alwas a drill bit and drill motor.

Bozo :joker:

 

[LunarMist]

It is only 500 GB so why not buy a new drive?

 

[GIANT]

I have a security fastener toolkit. They are hard to come by and the one I have cost me dearly. I suspect some of the high cost was attributed to licensing fees and less to the nice tough ABS plastic case that contains it all. It has, I believe, 37 different bits -- all sorts of oddball tips.

Otherwise, I have yet to run into a security screw that I did not have a bit for.