I don't know exactly which size for the Toshiba but it is just the one that fits without too much play. Most laptops just use Philips screws. Maybe some one replaced your's with Torx screws.
O.K. so you want to secure data. Why didn't you just say so?
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Do you have particularly, highly senstive data (military secrets or access to millions of dollars, for example) on the drive? First of all the individual would have to know the data was there. Secondly, they would have to have the knowledge, the skills and the time to access it or a large amount of money to pay some one to try and recover the wipes data. No one would put in that kind of effort unless they ***''knew''*** there would be subtancial rewards. Even then there would be no guarntee that they find anything even remotely useful for their crime. Just wipe the drive with something like [link|https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-destruction-software-programs-2626174|DBAN] set on its maximum over write setting and you should be fine.
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If you feel our land fill sites are not full enough then just drill the screws out or us an old chisel and a hammer to open the case.
But hey it is up to you.
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''P.S. Having done data recovery I know how hard it is.''
I don't know exactly which size for the Toshiba but it is just the one that fits without too much play. Most laptops just use Philips screws. Maybe some one replaced your's with Torx screws.
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O.K. so you want to secure data. Why didn't you just say so?
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Do you have particularly, highly senstive data (military secrets or access to millions of dollars, for example) on the drive? First of all the individual would have to know the data was there. Secondly, they would have to have the knowledge, the skills and the time to access it or a large amount of money to pay some one to try and recover the wipes data. No one would put in that kind of effort unless they ***''knew''*** there would be subtancial rewards. Even then there would be no guarntee that they find anything even remotely useful for their crime. Just wipe the drive with something like [link|https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-destruction-software-programs-2626174|DBAN|new_window=true] set on its maximum over write setting and you should be fine.
I don't know exactly which size for the Toshiba but it is just the one that fits without too much play.
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I don't know exactly which size for the Toshiba but it is just the one that fits without too much play. Most laptops just use Philips screws. Maybe some one replaced your's with Torx screws.