Can’t open external hard drive. Can you help?


  1. Jessica
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    Can’t open external hard drive. Can you help?


    Can’t open external hard drive. Can you help?

    I don’t know if any one here can answer this, but here goes…

    The cover to my external hard drive housing is secured by four Torx® head screws. They are quit small. I have Torx® bits down to T10, but that’s too big.

    Can any one tell me what size Torx® bit do I need?

    The external drive is a USB 2 Samsung Story 1TB.

    Cheers.
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  3. Jonathan_King
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    I believe hard drives use size 8.
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  4. Jessica
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    Thanks for the info.

    Any idea where I can get a Torx® T08 bit from? I’m in the UK.

    Cheers.
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  6. Jonathan_King
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    Here you go: T8 TORX SCREWDRIVER 165mm LONG UK SHOP T-8 on eBay (end time 18-Apr-10 21:17:11 BST)

    If you want to try to find a better deal, go to eBay and search for torx t8 screwdriver.
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  7. Jessica
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    That's just brilliant!

    Many thanks,

    Jessica
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