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RECORDS-RETENTION-MANAGEMENT5 MIN READ

Retire the Legacy Drive

Plan a legacy repository retirement by sampling risk, preserving records, and sanitizing residual data.

Legacy shutdown The shared drive has no active owner, no inventory, and a hard shutdown date. The files may include lease records, safety evidence, and low-value event photos. A blind delete and a blind migration both preserve the wrong risk. Risk-based retirement Sample -> Classify -> Act -> Sanitize Repository retirement should reduce uncertainty before action. Sampling shows what is there. Classification maps it to retention. Action preserves or disposes. Sanitization closes the residual risk. Lift-and-shift Move the mess into a newer tool. The drive closes with fewer unknown records and cleaner evidence. Retirement is a controlled disposition project, not…

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