Can I download my external drive backup onto my new external drive?

Hi dgallant, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

The Dropbox Backup for external drives currently doesn't have the feature you're asking about. 

You would need to manually select the folders you want to download from the backup using these steps.

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

Any tips to downloading a folder with a large amount of files? Even chunking it is causing a chrome browser download not to finish 

dgallant wrote:

Any tips to downloading a folder with a large amount of files? Even chunking it is causing a chrome browser download not to finish

Are you comfortable working in the command line/terminal? If so, try the dbxcli utility.

Thank you for this Rich. Not ideal, but we can work through this. This is the first progress that I have made in Months. My only other option is to continue to explore the Apps, to see if any are integrated into Backup. 

I have a large folder of >10,000 files, which chews up my browser when I try to download. It is a shame that Dropbox marketing encourages folks to use a half-baked feature that feels like it came out of a hackathon. 

Could Dropbox Support staff migrate the files in a Backup into a standard Dropbox folder? So I could sync it offline for example? 

Hey dgallant, I'm afraid we don't have the access and authority to do this on our end.

Thank you Megan . I would love to offer the Dropbox Backup product team feedback, if anyone is still iterating on it. It feels like it has not been tended to for quite some time though 

Feel free to share your feedback with me here, and I'll forward your feedback to the appropriate areas so we can continue to improve dgallant! 
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Ingestion of files is easy, almost stupid easy. It would be great to be able to 

1. Use a new hardware external drive if the first external drive dies, and now we are relying on Backup only.
2. Have a bulk export button for the drive. This could be premium, like creating a special export or mailing a drive (yay teeth in pricing)
3. Make the bulk downloads of folders/files better without unmanageable limits or file type problems.
4. Integrate with a 3rd party app to drive them business to allow all of this to work, if the Dropbox team will not be building on it. This could drive Zapier or someone else a bunch of revenue

Your feedback regarding our Backup has been very valuable and I will endeavor to make sure your voice is heard.

We listen to your needs because it allows us to fully appreciate how Dropbox fits into and influences your daily routine.

Your comments on our feature have been quite helpful, and I will do everything I can to ensure that your voice is heard dgallant!