How to Boot Raspberry Pi 4 From a USB SSD HDD

A Raspberry Pi is such a useful device so why don't give it more power by making it boot from an SSD instead of the default SD card?
Raspberry Pi Desktop is the recommended OS for this tutorial. Visit the link to learn how to Setting up your Raspberry Pi

1. Connect to Raspberry Pi over SSH
   Default username is pi & password is: raspberry
   

   ssh pi@YOUR_RPI_IP
   
   

2. Update OS and firmware
   

   sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
   sudo rpi-update
   

3. Reboot Raspberry Pi
   

   sudo reboot
   

4. How to Update EEPROM on Raspberry Pi 4 For USB Boot...

   Install latest bootloader
   

   sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -a
   

5. Launch this tool for final configurations
   

   sudo raspi-config
       advance options > boot order > USB
       advance options > bootloader Version > E1 - last version ROM
       display options > Resolution > MODE 82 - 16:9
   

6. Reboot Raspberry Pi
   

   sudo reboot
   

7. Copy SD to USB or SSD

   1. Connect to Pi using HDMI or VNC

      • Enable VNC in the Pi

        Interface menu > VNC > enable. Using the code below:
        

        sudo raspi-config
        

   2. Go to Menu > accessories > SD card copy.

   3. From SD (dev/mmcblk) to SSD
      

   sudo reboot
   

8. Once it Finish, Turn off the pi

   remove the SD and boot from SSD
   

   sudo poweroff