CompTIA A+ 220-1102 Practice Question
An IT technician is preparing a decommissioned workstation for disposal. The workstation was previously used in an environment that processed client transactions. Which action should the technician take to ensure compliance with data protection standards?
Retain the workstation in storage just in case client information is needed.
Perform a secure wipe of the workstation's storage.
Manually delete files from the user's directories.
Execute a basic format operation on the hard drive.