Advice needed regarding replacing the HD

Hi
I have bought a 160GB drive for my last generation Powerbook. When trying to remove the old drive the two outermost screws holding the actual HD in will not budge at all. I have removed all the other screws, and I'm not new to this, having happily replaced HDs in Titanium Powerbooks and recently in a MacBook Pro. But these two screws are completely stuck. I have the correct size screwdrivers and have actually already damaged the heads of two screwdrivers trying to get the screws loose, but have not damaged the screws at all. Do I have to admit defeat and hand it over to a workshop? And in that case can they do a better job than I can or will they just round the screws off?
Does anyone have any experience of such a problem?
Thanks
Matthew Whiting

You have gotten some excellent advice, and it will probably serve to get your screws out. But I wanted to add my 2¢ for some remedies of last resort just in case you need them. This does not come from any knowledge of powerbooks, just of getting out stuck screws.
If you can safely apply a little heat to the screw head without harming anything else, this could help. You could use a low power soldering iron and you don't want to heat it up more than about 200º. This can do several things. If there is Loctite on the screw, it will soften it. It will also help the WD-40 to penetrate. And because of the difference in the coefficient of expansion between steel and aluminum, it will make the screw very slightly looser in the hole.
And if all else fails and you do have to drill something out, you should be aware that there are such things as left-handed drill bits. You can get a set of 5 from Snap-on, the smallest of which is 1/8". You will also need a reversible drill motor. The thing about drilling out a screw with a left-handed drill bit is that it will sometimes bite into what's left of the screw head well enough to break it loose and back it out, since it is turning in the proper direction to do this. A regular right-handed drill bit rotates in a direction to tighten, not to loosen.
Hopefully you won't need any of this information, especially if you have already applied the tiny bit of oil to be soaking into the threads for a few days while you attend to your baby daughter. But wanted you to have it just in case.
Good luck!

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