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Re: Hard Drive mounting screws at Home Depot,ACE,ec..? #254248 05/14/11 01:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,716 Pittsburgh, PA Rcaman Member
Rcaman Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,716 Pittsburgh, PA	The mom and pop hardware stores just like the delis, family farms and pet stores are becoming a piece of American history. It's impossible to compete with the big box stores in terms of cost per square foot. When Home Depot buys 6-32 screws, they buy a train box car of them. Your local hardware store might carry a box of 100 if you are fortunate. It's not a matter of one being better than the other (my personal opinion is the mom & pop are ALWAYS better) but more a matter of plain economics. It's a sad state of affairs. Rcaman Americom, Inc. Where The Art And Science Of Communications Meet

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Re: Hard Drive mounting screws at Home Depot,ACE,ec..? #254249 05/14/11 01:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 1 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 1 Beachwood	Trust me, I know. We survive on service though. Just the other day I spent a half hour putting training wheels on a bike for a customer's child. We help people put license plates on their cars, build things, and I can't count how many windows and screens I have repaired. Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

Re: Hard Drive mounting screws at Home Depot,ACE,ec..? #254250 05/15/11 06:05 AM
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Kumba Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,106 Tampa Bay, FL	The 3.5" hard-drives use a 6-32 screw around a 1/4" long. The 2.5" Hard-drives, CD-Roms, Floppy Drives, use an M3 screw around 6mm long. And you can probably find the 6-32 screws at a hardware store. Might need to snip the ends to length. Good luck on the M3 if you need them. Most hardware stores don't carry much smaller then M6.

Re: Hard Drive mounting screws at Home Depot,ACE,ec..? #254251 05/31/11 03:24 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 903 Overland Park, Kansas Deltron Retired Moderator
Deltron Retired Moderator Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 903 Overland Park, Kansas	Quote Trust me, I know. We survive on service though. Just the other day I spent a half hour putting training wheels on a bike for a customer's child. We help people put license plates on their cars, build things, and I can't count how many windows and screens I have repaired. Jeff, same here. I can't believe how much stuff we do that has nothing to do with our business any more. Some we bill for, some as a courtesy. I'm one of those that sincerely believes it all comes back to you in the end. --Bill.