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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1813814" data-attributes="member: 46727">From what you described above, the SSD is not bootable nor did you render it bootable, which is why it's not booting the machine.  When you backup using Time Machine, all you have is a backup, not a bootable clone.  You would need to use an application that creates a clone and renders the target external drive bootable.  (Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper)There is a way to boot from a Time Machine backup but as Bob mentioned above, your machine is too old for that.Make sure you use one of the two apps I mentioned in the first paragraph.  Both have fully functional free trials.</blockquote>