Can the data be recovered once it’s been deleted?
A. No. The data is not recoverable as the Data Delete operation uses an algorithm that permanently erases the data. When most computers delete a file, the computer does not actually remove the contents of the file but rather simply unlinks the file from the file directory system, leaving the contents of the file in the disk sectors. This data will remain there until the operating system uses those sectors when writing new data. Until the old data is overwritten (and this may take months or longer) it can be recovered by programs that read disk sectors directly, such as forensic software. In addition, even if a sector is overwritten, the phenomenon of data remanence (the residual physical representation of data that has been in some way erased) can make deleted data forensically recoverable.
