Very often I am asked what is the most difficult task one faces in the field of Windows data recovery? The answer to this is one I refer to as the double delete. The double delete in Windows recovery cases exists when we accidentally delete many files from a computer’s hard disk drive or a solid state digital media storage device connected to that computer, and then we proceed to reformat that same drive. Reformatting acts as a delete process for all stored files.

Recovery of these deleted through reformatting files is a fairly simple process that may be accomplished by using any Windows recovery product from Remo Software. Recovery of files that have been deleted through human error or a software crash and then redeleted drastically reduces the chances of a safe file recovery. The reason for this is that when we initially deleted files the area on the storage media that held those files remains for the most part intact. When we reformatted that same media sector the deleted file content area can be overwritten for the process of reformatting. Once we overwrite files they are almost impossible to undelete.