I believe that this was intended for the list... ----- Forwarded message from sos at zjod.net ----- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:17:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Steve Siegfried <sos at zjod.net> Reply-To: Steve Siegfried <sos at zjod.net> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head To: Josh Welch <josh at joshwelch.com> Josh Welch wrote: > > Joey Rockhold wrote: > > I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have > > an easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive > > without damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It > > is recessed in a little bit. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > - Joey > > I can't remember the real name, we called them easy outs when I was > working in the hardware business (hardware as in Home Depot, not as > in Microcenter). You drill a small hole in what remains of the screw > and wedge the easy out in that hole and use that to turn the screw > out. I'm not sure if they make them in a size small enough for your > use case, but it might be worth looking into. > > Josh Or... you could just leave it there. Most hard drives have 4 screw holes to secure 'em to their mounting bracket. Normally, two screws do the job quite nicely (unless you subject the box to a lot of vibration by, say, mounting it in the trunk of your car). Once installed a drive using Velcro sticky tape and it's still working'idly, -S ----- End forwarded message -----