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icanplan
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2 years ago

How do I download every one of my files from Dropbox to a 2TB external drive?

My old laptop died and i want to download every file on DB to an external drive connected to this laptop . How do i do that in one or two moves.
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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi icanplan, thanks for contacting us.

 

As it sounds like you're using a new laptop, with the external drive connected, you could simply install the Dropbox desktop application, and have the Dropbox folder located on the external drive.

 

During the installation, there should be an option for advanced settings. Make sure to select the external drive, and have the files available offline, and it'll create the Dropbox folder itself, and start to sync the files to that drive.

 

Are you planning on continuing to use Dropbox on that laptop, or is this just a one off backup?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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