CompTIA A+ 1102 Data Destruction

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Physical Destruction Methods (list)


- shredder
- drill/hammer
- degaussing
- incineration

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Degaussing


- removes the magnetic field of a disk
- destroys both the data drive and the electronics

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Low-Level Disk Formatting

provided by the factory

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Standard Drive Formatting Options


- quick format
- regular format

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Quick Format


- sets up the file system and installs a boot sector
- clears the master file table, but not the data
- recoverable

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Regular Format


- overwrites every drive sector with zeros
- default for Windows
- non-recoverable

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"sdelete" (command)


- file level overwriting