Systems and methods are provided for recovering data stored in memory. A group of data is encoded using a first layer of code to form a first encoded group of data. Individual portions of the first encoded group of data are then encoded using a second layer of code to form a second encoded group of data. A processor may request access to an individual portion of the group of data. The encoded version of the requested individual portion is retrieved from memory and decoded using the second layer of code to recover the requested individual portion. If the recovery of the requested individual portion fails, the remaining encoded portions of the group are retrieved from memory and decoded using the first layer of code to recover the requested individual portion.