Is It OK to Erase/Format This Drive?

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I purchased an iMac (Catalina) from a guy on FB and I recently found some of his old files on a 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'm not sure 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!
 

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Welcome to our forums.

We need more info.....

Boot up the iMac and select the Apple menu top left of the screen. Then select "About This Mac" and take a screenshot of the dialog and post it here.

We then can decide what's best for you to do.
 
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Here's the screenshot you requested
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Here's one detailing the architecture Drive Utility shows
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And here are a few showing the details from the drives in Finder, following the order they appear in Disk Utility
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Welcome to our forums.

We need more info.....

Boot up the iMac and select the Apple menu top left of the screen. Then select "About This Mac" and take a screenshot of the dialog and post it here.

We then can decide what's best for you to do.
 
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Yes, you can repartition, reformat and erase that crucial drive. That process will create a new Container and a new Volume in that container that you can use for any file storage you may want.
 

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