CompTIA A+ 1102 Data Destruction Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
Physical Destruction Methods (list)
A
- shredder
- drill/hammer
- degaussing
- incineration
2
Q
Degaussing
A
- removes the magnetic field of a disk
- destroys both the data drive and the electronics
3
Q
Low-Level Disk Formatting
A
provided by the factory
4
Q
Standard Drive Formatting Options
A
- quick format
- regular format
5
Q
Quick Format
A
- sets up the file system and installs a boot sector
- clears the master file table, but not the data
- recoverable
6
Q
Regular Format
A
- overwrites every drive sector with zeros
- default for Windows
- non-recoverable
7
Q
- file level overwriting
A
“sdelete” (command)
