[Full Guide] How to Recover Data from A Fusion Disk?

What Is a Fusion Disk?

A Fusion drive is a hybrid drive in the earlier iMac and Mac mini that contains a hard drive and a solid-state drive. They come up with both – high speed and high storage capacity.

On the Mac motherboard, the SSD and HDD are placed separately. It relies on macOS to integrate the two storage disks into one big drive. In this situation, the files on the computer won’t be stored separately on the two drives but interleave data just like on a big drive.

Why Do You Lose Data on a Fusion Drive?

After searching for this error on the Internet, I found that many people lose data on a Fusion drive mainly due to these reasons:

• Accidentally deleted files or formatted partition.
• Virus attack or hardware failure.
• The Fusion drive becomes unbootable.
• The Fusion drive is separated into two drives.

Have you also encountered the same issue? Do you know how to do the Apple Fusion drive recovery? Continue reading you can get a full guide.

How to Recover Data from a Fusion Disk?

How to recover data from a Fusion disk? Here I summarize some useful ways. You can try them one by one until you recover lost data from the Fusion disk successfully.

Method 1. Restore Deleted Files from Mac Trash

Like Windows PC, there is also a recycle bin on Mac called Mac Trash. So, even though you delete files from your folder, it could be still kept in the Mac Trash unless you have permanently deleted files on Mac or it has been erased due to the enabled “Remove items from the Trash after 30 days” option.

So, you can recover data from a Fusion disk via Mac Trash. Here’s the way:

1. Click the Mac Trash on the Dock to open it.
2. Find and select the item you want to restore.
3. Right-click it and choose Put Back.
4. Then the item goes back to its original location and prompts on the screen.

Method 2. Recover Data from the Time Machine

Time Machine is a built-in backup feature of macOS, the desktop operating system created by Apple. When you turn on this feature, Time Machine will automatically create backups of your Mac every hour, day, and week. So, if you have created a backup through Time Machine, you can use it to do the Mac Fusion drive recovery.

Method 3. Use Third-Party Data Recovery App

If all the above methods are unable to help you do Mac Fusion drive recovery, you can also use a third-party data recovery tool to recover the lost data. On the Internet, plenty of data recovery software can help you do the Fusion disk data recovery. You can just choose one according to your preference.

Further Reading:

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Bottom Line

How to recover data from a Fusion disk? This post explains the definition of Fusion disk in detail and provides some ways to help you do the Apple Fusion drive recovery.