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Which of the following techniques can be used to sanitize the data contained on a hard drive while allowing for the hard drive to be repurposed?

  • A. Degaussing
  • B. Drive shredder
  • C. Retention platform
  • D. Wipe tool
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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ProudFather
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Selected Answer: D
A wipe tool is software that overwrites data on a storage device multiple times, making it difficult to recover the original data. This is an effective way to sanitize a hard drive without physically destroying it, allowing it to be repurposed.
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iliecomptia
1 month ago
Selected Answer: D
Degaussing - will completely fry the hard drive with a magnetic pulse, won't be usable afterward Drive shredder - how are you going to reuse shredded drive. Retention platform- Refers to where you would actually store the data afterwards Wipe tool- The correct answer
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