Old clerk PCs will be sold at a surplus auction. What disposal step is required for the drives first?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Before those clerk PCs hit the surplus auction, wipe the drives for real. Selling disks still full of citizen data—or sticking a 'wiped' sticker on an untouched drive—is how privacy incidents write themselves.
Full Explanation
Media sanitization removes or irreversibly destroys data so storage can be reused or transferred without disclosing residual information. Auctioning systems with intact readable disks, cosmetic-only removals, or false wipe labels fails that duty. Sanitizing drives before municipal surplus disposal is a Domain 4.2 disposal control.