A bank is upgrading some clerical users' PCs. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate method for erasing the data on the old PCs?

The correct answer is A. Drive degauss. Degaussing exposes a magnetic storage device to a powerful magnetic field, completely randomizing the magnetic domains and rendering all data permanently and unrecoverably destroyed. For a bank handling sensitive financial data, this is the most appropriate method because it…

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A bank is upgrading some clerical users' PCs. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate method for erasing the data on the old PCs?

Options

ADrive degauss
BStandard format
CChange the jumpers on the hard drive
DQuick format

How the community answered

(47 responses)

A
87% (41)
B
9% (4)
C
2% (1)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

Degaussing exposes a magnetic storage device to a powerful magnetic field, completely randomizing the magnetic domains and rendering all data permanently and unrecoverably destroyed. For a bank handling sensitive financial data, this is the most appropriate method because it meets regulatory and compliance requirements for secure data destruction. A standard format or quick format only removes file system pointers-the actual data remains on the disk and can be recovered with forensic tools. Changing jumpers has no effect on the stored data.

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