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Stretch1
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

How to download a 280GB file from DB Backups?

The file is in a folder on my external drive backup.  I get notification that it's too large to zip. So how can I download it without having to copy the entire drive backup to a new drive?
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Stretch1's avatar
Stretch1
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Hi - it is a single 280GB file so cannot be split - what are my options to download the file? Thanks

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    Hannah
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    11 months ago

    If the file is only available in your backups page, since our website has a 250GB download limit, I'm afraid there's no other way to do it from there.

    Can you let me know why you're trying to download it, since it's already in your external drive? Perhaps we can find some other way, if you give me a bit more context.

     

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