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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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Jay
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11 months ago

Hi Stretch1, to restore a file from your Dropbox Backup, you would need to download it manually by following these steps. Currently, there isn't another method to download an external drive backup.

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Stretch1
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Thanks - I backup my main drive to Backups so that I have a copy of it I can access in case the physical drive fails. Are you saying I'm not able to copy the cloud backup from DB Backups to a new drive if my main drive fails? That would make Backups redundant for me - please confirm.

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    Jay
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    11 months ago

    Thanks for the info. Currently, there isn't another method to download the Backup from the Dropbox site, as per my previous message, for external drive backups.

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