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Dropbox has taken over files into my PC, and how I can restore them
I bought a new PC a couple of years ago and decided it would be a good idea to install Dropbox. I am not a techie and somehow every single document and file that I have created, despite being saved ...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
anonymous wrote:
Like why did the formatting even change if these files are mine to begin with? Why does dropbox need to do that ...
Dropbox didn't do anything, and your files didn't change their formatting. This message typically happens when copying files from one file system, such as NTFS which is the default for Windows, to another file system, such as FAT32, which is a common format of many flash drives, for compatibility reasons.
The service involved, be it Dropbox, OneDrive or even just a regular file copy, doesn't matter and has nothing to do with it. Read the page I linked to for a better understanding of what a file system is, how formats differ, and the compatibility issues when copying files between them.
Oh, I also had the same pop-up message when I was trying to download folders from my Dropbox account to a 2nd PC's hard drive (new PC that I bought). That was the original method I tried to get my folders before trying to save them to the USB drive. The 2nd PC is on the same Dropbox account and that was why I initially thought Dropbox had something to do with it.
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