A large research group plans to reuse a set of drives that held sensitive project findings. Which technique most reliably prevents any retrieval attempts on the old material?
Overwrite storage sectors using advanced software tools
Uninstall disk drivers from each system to remove file references
Delete visible folders and clear the recycle bin
Rebuild the master file table through basic reformatting
Performing overwrites with random patterns reduces the possibility of recovering the prior contents. Deleting files or reformatting a partition does not eliminate fragments of data in untouched sectors. Removing storage drivers does not remove old data from the physical media. Specialized overwriting significantly hinders forensic methods that look for residual information.
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