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Mark's avatar
Mark
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4 months ago

Re: I'm trying to restore files, but it says I don't have enough space.

Mom2Chaos wrote:

I AM trying to transfer 550 GB, but I have plenty of room

Do you have space on your hard drive as thats where the files are trying to be saved?

Dropbox is just a folder on your device like any other so uses up space and quota. 

Once the files have uploaded then you can remove them locally via Online Only files, but, they must be local first so they can be sync'd. 

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  • Mom2Chaos's avatar
    Mom2Chaos
    New member | Level 2
    4 months ago

    I do not have space on my hard drive. That may be part of the problem? I was able to transfer some files to dropbox (as space allowed). However, per some other advice, I got a different hard drive with more space, and am attempting to transfer the data to that hard drive, and then, again, as advised, will move them to dropbox and remove them locally.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    4 months ago

    Thanks for the update on this and please let us know if anything else comes up in the future Mom2Chaos. 

    Cheers!

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