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Where are unsynced Dropbox files stored on an old SSD?
This is going to be a doozy. On my previous computer, my Dropbox was having some issues so I disabled syncing, still using the folder to edit the files I was making day-to-day use of. I've since rep...
The drive doesn't even have a Dropbox directory. When I try to look up file names directly that I know for certain were in the Dropbox 'folder' I would click into on my Quick Access on the left before, no search results are found.
To be clear, this drive was hooked into nothing else while having access to these files near the end of its direct use, right up until I turned my computer off and swapped the motherboard. It has since just been put in an NVME external enclosure.
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIThe drive doesn't even have a Dropbox directory
All files, even those that haven't synced up to Dropbox yet, are stored in your Dropbox folder. If you no longer have a Dropbox folder, then the old files would be gone as well. There is no other location or cache that Dropbox stores unsynced file in. They're simply stored in their original location within your Dropbox folder.
When I try to look up file names directly ... no search results are found.
Is the drive being indexed by Windows? If not, you may not see all possible search results.
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