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I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB a few months ago and I recently found some of his old files on an internal Crucial 250GB SSD. I got in touch with him and asked if he needed any of them and he doesn't.

How do I know if I can reformat/erase the drive so that I can make use of all the space available on it?

I can't tell if there are some system files on there or something that will make the Mac crap the bed and cause me a big headache.

Here are some links to show the architecture of the drive in Disk Utility as well as a look at the drive from Finder.

This is the hierarchy in disk utility - link

This is the FIRST instance of CRUCIAL in Disk Utility, as seen in the Finder - link

This is Untitled2 in the Finder - link

This is the SECOND instance of CRUCIAL in Disk Utility, as seen in Finder, and the one that worries me because of all the folders and such - link

And this is Update in the Finder link

Ultimately, I'd like to find out if I can erase the Crucial SSD drive so that I can use it without messing anything up. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB a few months ago and I recently found some of his old files on an internal Crucial 250GB SSD. I got in touch with him and asked if he needed any of them and he doesn't.

How do I know if I can reformat/erase the drive so that I can make use of all the space available on it?

I can't tell if there are some system files on there or something that will make the Mac crap the bed and cause me a big headache.

Here are some links to show the architecture of the drive in Disk Utility as well as a look at the drive from Finder.

This is the hierarchy in disk utility:

This is the FIRST instance of CRUCIAL in Disk Utility, as seen in the Finder:

This is Untitled2 in the Finder:

This is the SECOND instance of CRUCIAL in Disk Utility, as seen in Finder, and the one that worries me because of all the folders and such:

And this is Update in the Finder:

Ultimately, I'd like to find out if I can erase the Crucial SSD drive so that I can use it without messing anything up. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB a few months ago and I recently found some of his old files on an internal Crucial 250GB SSD. I got in touch with him and asked if he needed any of them and he doesn't.

How do I know if I can reformat/erase the drive so that I can make use of all the space available on it?

I can't tell if there are some system files on there or something that will make the Mac crap the bed and cause me a big headache. Any help would be appreciated.

I can post screenshots (I think, if they're not regulated on here) if that will help.

Ultimately, I'd like to find out if I can erase the Crucial SSD drive so that I can use it without messing anything up.

Thanks!

I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB a few months ago and I recently found some of his old files on an internal Crucial 250GB SSD. I got in touch with him and asked if he needed any of them and he doesn't.

How do I know if I can reformat/erase the drive so that I can make use of all the space available on it?

I can't tell if there are some system files on there or something that will make the Mac crap the bed and cause me a big headache.

Here are some links to show the architecture of the drive in Disk Utility as well as a look at the drive from Finder.

This is the hierarchy in disk utility - link

This is the FIRST instance of CRUCIAL in Disk Utility, as seen in the Finder - link

This is Untitled2 in the Finder - link

This is the SECOND instance of CRUCIAL in Disk Utility, as seen in Finder, and the one that worries me because of all the folders and such - link

And this is Update in the Finder link

Ultimately, I'd like to find out if I can erase the Crucial SSD drive so that I can use it without messing anything up. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB and I recently found some of his old files on an internal Crucial 250GB SSD. I got in touch with him and asked if he needed any of them and he doesn't. How do I know if I can reformat/erase the drive so that I can make use of all the space available on it? I can't tell if there are some system files on there or something that will make the Mac crap the bed and cause me a big headache. Any help would be appreciated.

I can post screenshots (I think, if they're not regulated on here) if that will help.

Thanks!

I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB a few months ago and I recently found some of his old files on an internal Crucial 250GB SSD. I got in touch with him and asked if he needed any of them and he doesn't. 

How do I know if I can reformat/erase the drive so that I can make use of all the space available on it? 

I can't tell if there are some system files on there or something that will make the Mac crap the bed and cause me a big headache. Any help would be appreciated.

I can post screenshots (I think, if they're not regulated on here) if that will help.

Ultimately, I'd like to find out if I can erase the Crucial SSD drive so that I can use it without messing anything up.

Thanks!