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RE: stripped screw
Filing is only an option if the screw isn't recessed, which the screws holding together housings of electronic devices usually are.
It is probably not necessary to drill through the entire screw, just to drill off the head. That should be relatively safe and will leave enough to unscrew and remove the rest of it with pliers after the device comes apart -- so, if you do it right you would only need a replacement screw and it would be as good as new.
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