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User profile for user: Appleuser987654
Appleuser987654 Author
User level: Level 1
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Crucial x10 external boot disk not working

System:

2017 Imac

Intel 3Ghz

radeon 555 2gb

8mb ram

Ventura 13.7




I have purchased an external SSD crucial x10 plugged in to my thunderbolt. I have erased the drive and formatted the drive APFS. I have installed Ventura 13.7 onto the drive and attempted to boot from start up as instructed on youtube. I has not worked. I have tried to boot in recovery, I have tried to migrate assistant, I have tried to recover with time machine. I cannot get the drive to boot as my start up drive. Do I need to try a different drive brand, like Sandisk?


I'm attempting to speed up my machine. I'm currently getting about 50 mb per second with my current drive. I have noticed a significant decrease in my systems speeds over the years as resource demands have increased. I'd love to make this work. Also this is my first post for help. Please don't flame me if I have posted incorrectly or left out any pertinent information your require to provide assistance.


ThX


Chris

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 13.7

Posted on Oct 19, 2024 9:07 AM

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User profile for user: D.I. Johnson
D.I. Johnson
User level: Level 7
23,339 points

Oct 19, 2024 10:07 AM in response to Appleuser987654

You're welcome.


And, by the way, your first post here in the Apple Community was just fine. As long as you supply the model and year of the Mac and the version of the OS it is running, you have provided the best info to get started.


The screen size of a Mac is helpful as well, ie iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2017) would be the best descriptor for a particular Mac. That alone is usually all that is needed along with the OS. Sometimes the RAM amount is helpful. You done good, my friend. 🙂

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Appleuser987654 Author
User level: Level 1
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Oct 19, 2024 7:51 PM in response to rkaufmann87

I wanted to follow up. I have tried these methods without success. When I attempt to migrate my data, I choose the external ssd and I'm told that " SSD drive cannot be used for migration. SSD drive contains a Mac OS that installation that may be damaged. or something like that. I have reinstalled and reinstalled no dice. So I'm going to find a new drive. and try this all again. I'll update my results.

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Crucial x10 external boot disk not working

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