removing a file with hyphens

michael michael at galton.ucl.ac.uk
Fri Jun 15 09:13:30 BST 2007



On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, asmith9983 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Simon
> I've a 200Gb Maxtor that died, and I wanted to look to see if it had scraped 
> the oxide, but I didn't have a Torx small enough.  What size did you use ?

If it does not have the little pin in the middle you can use a watchmakers
slot screwdriver to get a Torx open.

Incidently the best byproduct of trashed hard disk is the rare 
earth magnets used to drive the actuator arm...  They make storming
fridge magnets!

--
Michael
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michael John Lush PhD			Tel:44-20-7679-5027
Nomenclature Bioinformatician		Fax:44-20-7387-3496
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee	Email:  nome at galton.ucl.ac.uk
The Galton Laboratory
University College London, UK
URL: http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


More information about the london.pm mailing list