Crucial X9 Pro 2TB Portable SSD, Up to 1050MB/s Read & Write, 3.2 USB-C, External Solid State Drive, Durable Storage for PC & Mac, for Content Creators & Videogaphers, Silver - ‎CT2000X9PROSSD902

If you’re tired of waiting around for sluggish external drives, this is the upgrade you’ve been looking for. The Crucial X9 Pro 4TB Portable SSD is an absolute monster in a tiny shell — I’m talking barely larger than a credit card yet capable of read speeds up to 1050MB/s. That’s fast enough to handle 4K video edits straight from the drive, transfer massive photo libraries in seconds, or back up your entire computer before your coffee gets cold. I’ve used mine for everything — video production, 3D modeling files, and even running virtual machines — and it hasn’t hiccuped once. The aluminum build feels premium and rugged without being bulky, and Crucial includes a high-quality USB-C cable that connects instantly to laptops, desktops, and even my iPad Pro. What stands out most is the consistency. Other SSDs promise speed, but the X9 Pro delivers it every single time. I’ve seen sustained transfers at 950MB/s for minutes straight — no throttling, no drama. If you value reliability, portability, and pure speed, the Crucial X9 Pro 4TB is worth every penny. It’s my new go-to drive for travel, creative work, and secure backups. This isn’t just another SSD — it’s a professional-grade powerhouse disguised as a pocket drive. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – 10/10, highly recommend to anyone who moves serious data and values their time.

I got it on sale and was the deal of my life I think. It came right ready for use, I just plugged and was all set. I pair it with my M1 MacBook Pro which only had 256GB and it was a great addition to have more storage easily accesible and fast. Even though its made from aluminum, which makes you think its a great build quality, its really not that great. The aluminum scratched by just being in my bag in about a day, and the rubber part on the bottom, some of the corners kind of disintegrated within just a couple months. So build quality definitely not the strong part. However I use it for work, not for aesthetics so I pretty much don't care if its scratched or not. It doesn't get hot almost at all and it doesn't make any noise obviously since it doesn't have any moving parts. For me its has been a reliable SSD technically speaking and good for extending my storage.

I received this drive today, after reading the feedback, I wanted to run CryDisk Benchmark version 8 and AttoDisk Benchmark both Programs ran great as the Photos will Show. I got about 480 Mbs per second. That was deleteling the pre Installed programs completely deleting everything on the drive then selecting create. Then formatted to format32 and wait til it was done.Licky split. It was done in 5-7 minutes and that was a slow format. I don't kmowvwhy others say they can't run Crystal Disk Benchmark on this drive. I did and again the pictures show that it is a performer. Did I get 1020 transfers. I sorry that I got about half of that. That was a marketing ploy it seems. Would I recommend the Crucial X9? Heck YES, and that's because of the performance and sheer size! I'm hoping that this drive to be around for a along time, God forbid, there's a Samsung SSD 2TB right next to in the arm rest.i worry about losing drives, at least it should be safe in the armrest! Update 12/16/2024 this drive is still chugging along. I have noticed that if several videos are are copied from one drive to a larger drive that the wedding videos that my late father and my younger brother Andrew who was my best man the video is 2 hrs where I can still see them both and my mother that remarried to a great guy and her video was 2 hours long. Wouldn't copy both videos. Only if each video was copied and pasted Individually, which was surprising, the my Samsung Evo 2tb drive would copy and paste extremely quickly 8 minutes each wedding video

The 2 TB Crucial X9 Pro has surprised me a lot. It is fast, compact and very easy to use. I pass large files in seconds, without having to wait forever, and the best thing is that I can connect it without problem to my Windows laptop, to my Mac and even to my iPhone 16 Pro Max. It's so small that it fits in any pocket, but it feels resistant and of good quality. For me, it is the perfect companion to work and save all my content with total confidence.

I bought this to replace a couple of SanDisk SDDs that evidently have been failing a lot. I read several reviews on line about the Crucial drives and bought the 2TB version. The first thing you notice is this is tiny. See my picture. The Amazon pic makes it look larger than it is. It's not much bigger than a matchbook. It's well made, sturdy feeling, and has a metal top with rubberized bottom. It also has a lanyard hole in one corner. The cable is a USB C at both ends. That same cable, to support the high data rates, is pretty thick and stiff. But it's short so not an issue for me. My guess is you could use a quality Anker high throughput cable and get more flexibility. Minor issue. Data rate seems to be very good. Slightly slower in download than upload, but might be my imagination. I don't have a reliable way to measure speed, but one of my benchmarks is backing up very large raw photo files. It is indeed speedy. Great product if a bit pricey - but any good high capacity SDD is. I'm using it on a MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with zero compatibility issues.

The drive itself is great, it's small and fast, but none of the pictures show the backplate, which has a rubberized coating, and the drive gets hot enough during long sessions that after over a year of semi-regular use the coating has started to get slimy to the touch. Only took me a couple minutes to scrape it all off, but finding that out the hard way was an unpleasant surprise.

This thing is so compact it can probably fit into a card slot in my wallet, yet it holds 4tb of data in solid state with near instant access! The read and write speed says "up to" 1000+ mb, but after transferring roughly 3tb of data from my MSI gaming rig to this drive, I never achieved greater than ~600mb transfer speeds using my USB 3.2 type-C port and the cable that comes in the package with the drive. Speaking of cables, the cable that comes with the drive is only a few inches long, although it did manage to transfer data to this drive faster than my 6ft high speed data cable I use for charging my phone and tablet did. It would be nice to receive at least a couple of feet of data cable with this drive, however, given it's compact size, such a lengthy cable might increase the risk of misplacing this little thing. So far, I have not experienced any data corruption or loss, despite pausing a transfer and swapping out data cables before resuming, despite testing for shock damage during load/transfer, and despite having dropped the drive 3 times back-to-back from exactly 6ft 2in above the hardwood floor when not in use. The price is pretty competitive for the 4tb model that I got, and given the apparent durability, reliability and portability of this drive, I'd say it was worth every penny. I can actually see myself walking around with a pocket full of these things, one day.

The drive seems fine while it works. Isn't that the case with most of these things? I was using this to store my Dropbox folder on a Mac laptop. That's not...easy. But still, between being very careful and ensuring the computer never went to sleep, things seemed to work out. Turns out I got one that was bad out of the box. Took over a year to figure it out. Kept having weird inexplicable corruptions while the drive otherwise seemed totally fine. I blamed it on Dropbox at first, and my general lack of knowledge on what file system I should be using on a Mac. Finally the last time I got some cryptic Dropbox error message, I couldn't even list the contents of a directory. I knew that meant physical drive problems. I connected it to a Windows PC (the only way you can run their diagnostics) and ran it...all green lights. Other third-party tools told me the drive was full of bad sectors. Upon closer inspection, their tool showed the number of "media errors" as 65535 - a clear indication the counter had maxed out. How is that drive "in good health"?! It's not. Their tool lies. I sent them the screenshot and they immediately gave me an RMA number. However, they demand that you ship the drive to them, then they examine it, and then they send a replacement. Completely inappropriate for relatively large drives that I have nowhere else to back up. A lot of the data was still readable but I literally had nowhere else to put it. They refused to drop-ship a replacement drive. Why? Why can't they just "sell" me one, and then refund me when they verify the drive was bad? So I had to buy another one on Amazon, with the intention of then returning the new drive they eventually send back. I sent the drive with tracking. I could see they had received it. I emailed them for a status update and they claimed they had not received it. So I send them the tracking link and they said "oh yes it looks like it's here". Wow. At that point I stopped paying attention. Eventually I got an email that they verified the drive was bad but the X9 was and end-of-life product so they were sending an X10 instead. Great, now I can't return it. Some time later I got something slightly larger than a shoebox with a lot of paperwork on it. I didn't think much of it. When I got around to opening this double-thick, box-in-a-box package, the replacement drive was tossed to one side in this huge box full of airbags. I just...cannot. There is more weight in packaging, as if they have never serviced a small electronic device before. So, warranty works like this: 1. You have to double-check their diagnostic tool, which lies. 2. You have to nag them to make sure they actually look at your drive. 3. They will eventually send you something back. The overall process for me was a month. That is not product support. That is just punishment. Never buying Crucial again.

Been using it for quite some time now - extremely small and portable, but as fast as they come - in combination with a MacBook Pro, this thing is greay for quick backups when lots of data is being moved around, and also works amazingly well working off of it in a pinch!

If you use it on Mac, make sure to use Mac format to avoid data loss.

2025/10/28追記 その後、２台目の4TBも購入(笑 １台目は1年と５ヶ月経過中。 ２台目は7ヶ月経過中 ともに、APFSフォーマットでストレージとして使用。 ともに、外見はキレイなままです。 ふつうに使えています。Macに接続中にも気になる点はありません。快適に使っています。 ただ、 ウチのSSD／HDDいずれもが、ウチのMacでFirst Aidが完了できないことがありました。 （外付けみんなが同じ症状なので、X9 Proの問題ではなさそうです。） その時は、 macOS復旧でのディスクユーティリティでFirst Aidしたら、通常起動時では完了出来なかったSSD／HDDどれもが実行＞完了できました。 Appleシリコンは、システム終了＞電源ボタン長押しでの起動オプションから。 Intelなら、システム終了＞command (⌘) + Rで起動です。 使い方にちょっとしたコツとかクセとかあるかも。使い方を事前に確認なさっておかれるのが安全かも。 ーーーーーーーーーー 2024/06/25投稿 【X9 Pro】 High performance 4TB 胸ポケットに、余裕で入るほど、小さくて・軽いです。 １ヶ月ほどの使用。 APFSにフォーマット、 ストレージとして使用。 ５０GBとかなら、ほんの数十秒で、転送できます。 このぐらいの容量の転送なら、発熱しますが、手で触って、ほんのり温かいぐらい。 ５００GBぐらいを纏めて転送した時は、しっかり時間かかるので、もっと発熱しますが、手で触れるぐらいではありました。ただ、(ヤバいほどじゃないけど)このまま何もしないでおいて大丈夫なの？と思って、机の涼しい場所へ何度か移動しましたw 私にとっては「爆速」！ Thunderbolt4のとか、もっと速いのはあるでしょうけど、きっと、値段は倍ぐらい。 大容量を頻繁に転送する必要ある方なら価値あるでしょうけど、 自分の使用程度なら倍払う価値なし。 X9 Proは、十分速いし、何とか手を出せる価格で、具合良し。 満足しています。 あぁ、遅いSSDには戻れないですw あとは、経年変化がどうなのか？ですね。

Trés bon produit, attention de le brancher avec un cable USB-3.

I have been buying Crucial brand products for years. RAM, SSD's. It is a brand that I have come to trust and love. This 4TB X9 Pro SSD is no slouch as my benchmark in BlackMagic will show. I tested it with a 5gb test file written and read using my Mac Mini M4 Thunder Bolt 4 (USB C) port directly connected to the SSD and it would peak at 1000mb (1gb) per second write but averaged a consistent 914.2 mb/s and would peak at 1100mb (1.1gb) per second read but averaged 847.1mb/s. Far faster than USB 3 standards which when I connected it to these ports came in around 80mb/s with a peak of 300mb/s write and similar for the read. So you can see that if the computer can do the speed like my Mac M4 Mini can on its Thunderbolt 4 (USB C) port, then the drive can keep up. I bought this drive so that I can directly record 4K video onto it using my video capture device. I have been archiving hours of VHS tapes into digital format and some of these tapes can run for 6 hours so the files are huge once captured. This SSD is more than fast enough to keep up with the capture software capturing in 4K so that I have the absolute best RAW copy of the VHS tape for archiving purposes and then once it's in digital format I can drop down the bit-rate and resolution to save space without sacrificing the initial quality of the capture. So what can I say? You won't be disappointed with this SSD and if you are then it's probably your own equipment that is the problem because this SSD is really fast and being a Crucial brand product means you can trust it. The Pro series makes it even better by using ultra high quality flash memory that protects your stored bits using TLC SSD memory instead of QLC. Get one folks... 4TB when on sale it's a really good deal!