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Which of the following processes will eliminate data using a method that will allow the storage device to be reused after the process is complete?

  • A. Pulverizing
  • B. Overwriting
  • C. Shredding
  • D. Degaussing
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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asum
Highly Voted 2 years, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: B
you cannot reuse a hard drive once it has been degaussed. This is because the degaussing process not only removes all the data, but it also removes the start up files. As such, a degaussed hard drive will not boot up.
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Dapsie
Most Recent 1 year, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: B
Options A and C are physical methods of destroying storage media, and they can no longer be used. Degaussing (Option D) renders the disk no longer usable too. So the obvious choice is B.
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Dapsie
1 year, 1 month ago
Options A and C are physical methods of destroying storage media, and they can no longer be used. Degaussing (Option D) renders the disk no longer usable too. So the obvious choice is B.
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LordJaraxxus
1 year, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: B
Erasing and overwriting. Solid-state drives (SSDs) require a special process for sanitization. Because they use flash memory instead of magnetic storage platters, traditional drive wiping tools are not effective. Some organizations require personnel to destroy SSDs as the only acceptable method of sanitization physically.
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ApplebeesWaiter1122
1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: B
Overwriting is a data sanitization method that involves writing new data over existing data on a storage device. This process effectively eliminates the old data and makes it unrecoverable using standard data recovery techniques. After overwriting, the storage device can be reused without any concern about the old data being accessible.
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aw23
2 years, 1 month ago
why not shredding? Linux has command shred to soft overwrite data n times
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sheyshey
1 year, 10 months ago
"reused" bruh
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mlonz
2 years, 5 months ago
Degaussing. A degausser is a very powerful electronic magnet. Passing a disk through a degaussing field renders the data on tape and magnetic disk drives unreadable.
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101martin101
2 years, 1 month ago
Wrong, very wrong. That is for tapes not disks
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bitezadusto
2 years, 3 months ago
wrong. after degaussing a hard drive it is considered unusable.
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RevolutionaryAct
1 year, 10 months ago
Thanks, I learned something about degaussing today https://www.papershredders.com/what-will-a-degausser-erase-can-it-destroy-a-hard-drive
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Jacob_Kramer1995
1 year, 10 months ago
Let's try this out......
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Ranaer
2 years, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: B
The answer is B. Overwriting. The reason degaussing wont work, is because when this process is used, it erases EVERYTHING on the disk, including the disk startup files, the servo positioning and possibly others that I'm not aware of. The servo positioning information is put in from the manufacturer itself, in the factory. There is no way to restore that data, which renders the disk COMPLETELY unusable.
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viksap
2 years, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: B
DEGAUSSING: doesn’t allow reuse and same as option A & C. So the correct answer is B
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Nome02
2 years, 6 months ago
Correct is D. Please read the question carefully. It is asking a method to eliminate the data for repurpose.
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Klelslol
2 years, 4 months ago
Nope, the correct answer has to be B. Once a drive has undergone degaussing, all the startup and track information written at the factory gets erased, making the drive completely unusable.
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2 years, 7 months ago
Selected Answer: B
Overwriting or Clearing: Preparing media for reuse and ensuring data cannot be recovered using traditional recovery tools.
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Sir_Learnalot
2 years, 7 months ago
Selected Answer: B
B is the only one giving the option to reuse the device afterwards. Degaussing would not give you the option for reuse
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lordguck
2 years, 8 months ago
B: To make it short, good luck degaussing a SSD.
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Funt
2 years, 8 months ago
If it was actually degaussed by running it through an electromagnet then it's toast. The servo platter will have been erased, leaving no head positioning information. The servo tracks can only be written at the factory.
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comeragh
2 years, 8 months ago
Selected Answer: B
Agree with B here
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varun0
2 years, 9 months ago
Selected Answer: B
Overwriting, disregard my other comment. Overwriting allows disk to be reused
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varun0
2 years, 9 months ago
Selected Answer: D
I think its D because they said eliminating data not overwriting.
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varun0
2 years, 9 months ago
Simply put, degaussers rearrange the magnetic field on a hard drive to destroy or randomize the data. This process either destroys the data completely or makes it unrecognizable.
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anonimouse2
2 years, 9 months ago
You cannot reuse a drive that has been degaussed. It's B.
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varun0
2 years, 9 months ago
Disregard this, its overwriting. Degaussers don't allow disk to be reused
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