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Bokono
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10 months ago

Transferred files show as 0kB and don't open.

My account was over the basic storage space so I downloaded all my files to an external drive. I see that all folders and files names have been transferred but literally NOT one file opens because th...
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Bokono
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Hi!

I dragged all files from website straight to external hard drive and after the transfer was done.  Yes, I deleted all my files from my Dropbox account. Before deleting, I checked if everything was in my external, they were. Great!

Now I can’t open anything from my external hard drive. I saw all files were deleted from my history

Do I have any shred of hope recovering my files? They are my absolute treasured photos from early 1980-2010. Thank you so much in advance! 

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