Your IT Director is concerned about the data stored on retired computers. You have been tasked to recommend a security procedure that prevents the data (on the hard drive) from being recovered. What is the best procedure?
A)Recycle the hard drives.
B)Flash the BIOS.
C)Destroy the hard drives.
D)Format each drive.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To prevent any data from being read on a hard disk, you would need to destroy the disk.
Key Takeaway: You can destroy the disk but recycle the other materials. Flashing and formatting will not prevent data access. Destruction of the hard disk is the only way to ensure data cannot be recovered.

Your IT Director Is Concerned About the Data Stored on Retired