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JustAsking25
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago
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Can I back up my Dropbox folder to an external drive if my internal drive is not big enough?

Question or Issue I have a lot of data on Dropbox related to my research. I would like to keep a back up somewhere other than Dropbox. All recommendations on the internet suggest that I make the fol...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 months ago
    JustAsking25 wrote:

    Unfortunately, my computer's hard drive is now too small. Is there any solution other than downloading in batches?

    Use a third-party tool like Cyberduck or Mountain Duck to directly access your Dropbox files in the cloud.

    Cyberduck lets you browse and download files from your account, and Mountain Duck lets you mount your Dropbox as a drive. Either option will let you copy files directly from Dropbox to your external drive.

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Rich
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2 months ago
JustAsking25 wrote:

Unfortunately, my computer's hard drive is now too small. Is there any solution other than downloading in batches?

Use a third-party tool like Cyberduck or Mountain Duck to directly access your Dropbox files in the cloud.

Cyberduck lets you browse and download files from your account, and Mountain Duck lets you mount your Dropbox as a drive. Either option will let you copy files directly from Dropbox to your external drive.

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JustAsking25
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago

Thank you for the suggestions! I will try those out.

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    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hi JustAsking25​!

    Still stuck with this, or did you work some magic and fix it? Either way, we'd love to know what fixed it for you, or if you still need some help. 

    • JustAsking25's avatar
      JustAsking25
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 months ago

      I thought initially that the Mountain Duck suggestion would solve my problem. I have installed Mountain Duck and tried to copy my Dropbox folders over to an external drive. Some of the smaller folders copied over without a problem. But Mountain Duck gets stuck on the large folders (>50GB).

      I get different errors such as 'some files cannot be read or written' or 'The folder needs to be downloaded first'. I have opened a ticket with Mountain Duck but for now my problem remains unsolved. 

      I might just have to move to a different shared service.

       

       

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