10-30-2022, 05:10 PM
RAMd®d wrote:
Another vote for an external SSD.
I've no experience with Monterey, and only have spinners as external storage and occasional boot duty.
But ~5min seems like much too long for a proper install on a 5400prm spinner, even with Monterey.
Maybe somebody can comment on that aspect?
If Monterey was installed over a beat up OS, I wouldn't expect the best performance.
A clean install would probably still be slow, but ~5min slow?
Drive could be failing. Slow performance is often an indicator of that.