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Actual exam question from CompTIA's 220-1102
Question #: 3
Topic #: 1
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A company wants to remove information from past users' hard drives in order to reuse the hard drives. Which of the following is the MOST secure method?

  • A. Reinstalling Windows
  • B. Performing a quick format
  • C. Using disk-wiping software
  • D. Deleting all files from command-line interface:
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
by Antwon at Oct. 21, 2022, 2:05 a.m.

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Antwon
Highly Voted 2 years, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: C
The answer is C because both A and D will not accomplish wiping a hard drive, and subsequently a quick format will not sufficiently wipe information from a drive.
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cpaljchc
2 years, 5 months ago
What about B
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StrawberryTechie
2 years ago
Quick formatting only erases the address of where to find the data on the drive. The data is still all there. So this is not a good option.
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user82
2 years, 5 months ago
It asks what is the MOST secure method. C would be best
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Kriegor
Most Recent 3 days, 2 hours ago
Selected Answer: C
B and D are not going to do anything secure, the data will be recoverable, and A is a little extreme and may solve the problem but that depends on if you choose the right option during the reinstall, only C is actually designed to do what the company wants.
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CorneliusFidelius
1 month ago
Selected Answer: C
C because dedicated software will rewrite everything at a bit-per-bit level. Everything else would do at best a quick format which just allocates the space as overwritable but not actually physically deleted or changed.
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danthebro
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: D
why is comptia a+ telling users to use third party disk-wiping software. I disagree with this answer
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dmp316
6 months, 1 week ago
Data wiping is the most secure method for removing information from past users' hard drives. This involves overwriting the data multiple times with random data, making it extremely difficult to recover the original information.
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er.garg2687
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Answer C is most accurare
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GarbanzoBeans
1 year, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: D
CMD list disk select disk x (replace x with the disk number of your USB drive) clean all c'mon yall
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newbie176
1 year, 4 months ago
but its not the most secure i think. You can still find data on it if u really tried. U gotta use disk wiping software
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Ham_inclined
1 year, 4 months ago
Is there a way to Overwrite partitions from CMD instead of just deleting them? or maybe a powershell tool
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igorclapa
1 year, 1 month ago
This is wrong.
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Chavozamiri
1 year, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: C
C. Using disk-wiping software
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