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KH18
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

How to download all Dropbox files into an extra external drive?

How to download all Dropbox folders + files into an extra external hard disk? I need to keep sync folders + files in my C drive. To back up all the folders + files in my extra external hard disk ...
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KH18
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

If I understand this correctly, it sounds like you wish to download your entire Dropbox content using the website, am I right?  >> Yes

 

Is it possible that your content was larger than that?  Yes

my personal dropbox space is "Using 0.9 TB of 2 TB"

 

I have no idea most of the files with this icon. 

I cannot open it in the hard disk drive. 

Some files lost.

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Mark
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2 years ago

Hi KH18 

That icon is not a Dropbox one. It is a OneDrive icon. That means the files are either stored in OneDrive, or, were stored in OneDrive but not downloaded locally before you moved them. So actually they are an empty placeholder. 

 

You need to go back to OneDrive - either with those files, if it works, and try to download, or restore via OneDrive online and THEN once they are downloaded locally move to Dropbox

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