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gordo169
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11 months ago

Can I back up my new external drive to Dropbox without re-uploading my old backup files?

I'm using Dropbox Backup to backup about 1TB of files on an external drive.  I'm replacing the drive, and I've already copied the files to the new drive. Now I want to tell Dropbox to backup the exac...
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gordo169
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11 months ago

Thanks Nancy.  I ended up having to get another new drive, empty, and am now restoring my backup to that drive so I can remove the old backup and start syncing the new one.  However, there are a couple of directories with deep folder nesting and lots of little files, and I'm hitting the max file limit big time. I understand a zip file cannot be created, but the prospect of drilling down and carving out bite-size pieces and reconstructing them is too painful to contemplate.  Is there ANY other way to download these?  e.g. I'd love to sync the new drive as is, then copy the directory on the web app from the old to new drive before removing the old one (I have the space), but I'm pretty sure I can't do that. I'm looking for any alternative, wanting to believe the promise of "easy restoration"!

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    Hannah
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    11 months ago

    Thanks for the update here, gordo169.

    If you're going down that route, I think what I can suggest is downloading the files in batches.

    If they are too many to download from the web, I'm afraid that's the only way to go about it.

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