SecurityQuestion 38 of 100
When disposing of drives that held sensitive data, which method most reliably prevents any data recovery from a hard disk drive?
a.Quick formatting the drive
b.Physical destruction (shredding or drilling)
c.Moving files to the Recycle Bin
d.Renaming the files
Explanation
Physical destruction such as shredding or drilling reliably prevents recovery from a magnetic hard drive. A quick format and Recycle Bin deletion leave data recoverable, and renaming does nothing to remove data.
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