Stripped screw while replacing my hard drive...

I'm trying to take my 360 hard drive to 250GBs but when replacing it, I stumbled on a very badly stripped screw head. Whoever pre-hacked this drive clearly didn't give a crap about how poorly they screwed it into the drive. Until I get it out the project is stalled (I have the drive just sitting exposed on my 360 right now because I don't want to put it back together until I can pull out that screw).

What do you suggest for getting something like this out? Is drilling that close to a hard drive a good idea in the interest of pulling out a badly damaged screw?

Just drill the head off the screw and replace it with a new one.

One thing I've done with stripped screws is get a hold of a Dremel with a disc cutter. Cut a slot into the head of the screw and use a standard screw driver and unscrew it. This might be pretty difficult with small screws though.

Hope this helps!

You have a hacked Hard Drive? You deserve the Ban Hammer!:evil:

Eh, I'll figure out something. Once my car is running again I'll visit a Home Depot or something and see if someone there has the right tool to pull it out.

Well I say the 250G HD is to big. I not even done with my 120 HD still 80G

My goal was to slip in a new 360 hard drive and then take the leftover one over to the PS3.