Hard drive mounting screws?

[LEE929394]

Hi, just wondered what type of screws are used to mount a hard drive to the case?
Are they taptite type machine screws? What dimensions are they?
Unfortunately i can't just remove one from my hard drive to have a look because they were wrong in the first place!
Don't want to risk them being to long either - i'd imagine that could be a bit nasty!
Many thanks.

 

[PhillyDee]

They are 6-32 UNC screws. Thats quite a coarse thread. Its the same ones that are used on most cases.
They only need to be approx 5mm in length. You usually get loads with a pc case. It wont go into the hard drive as its sealed, but too much force will strip the thread as its only aluminium

Whats taptite?

 

[LEE929394]

Cheers for the info, much appreciated!

 

[Dappy]

If the screws are too long they could short the controller board on the hard drive, so watch that as well