220-1002 · Question #745
A company has several hard drives that contain old and irrelevant information. The company would like to wipe and repurpose the hard drives for another system. Which of the following would be the…
The correct answer is A. Wipe the drives. Wiping a drive uses specialized software to overwrite all sectors with random data (often multiple passes), making original data unrecoverable. This is the best method when drives are being repurposed, as it thoroughly sanitizes the media while keeping the hardware intact and…
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A company has several hard drives that contain old and irrelevant information. The company would like to wipe and repurpose the hard drives for another system. Which of the following would be the BEST option to meet the requirement and ensure no residual data remains on the repurposed hard drives?
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- AWipe the drives.
- BFormat the drives.
- CDegauss the drives.
- DDelete the drive partitions.
How the community answered
(47 responses)- A94% (44)
- B2% (1)
- C4% (2)
Explanation
Wiping a drive uses specialized software to overwrite all sectors with random data (often multiple passes), making original data unrecoverable. This is the best method when drives are being repurposed, as it thoroughly sanitizes the media while keeping the hardware intact and functional. Formatting only removes the file system structure and marks sectors as available but leaves the underlying data recoverable with forensic tools. Degaussing uses a strong magnetic field to destroy data but renders the drive unusable - not suitable for repurposing. Deleting partitions removes partition tables but leaves all data on the disk recoverable.
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