Question

A company is decommissioning several old workstations and will donate them to a local charity. The IT policy requires that the mechanical hard drives be reused in the donated systems, but all previous company data must be rendered unrecoverable. Which method BEST meets both requirements?

Accepted Answer

Use a low-level drive-wiping utility to overwrite the entire drive with multiple passes

Answer

Perform a standard quick format on each drive before donation

Answer

Delete all partitions and files, then empty the Recycle Bin

Answer

Physically shred the drives using a certified destruction service