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How do I stop dropbox from continually trying to upload my whole c drive?
For no apparent reason, and not requested by me, Dropbox is trying to copy my entire c drive. I am going crazy and have tried every suggestion I have seen here to stop it uploading and it just keeps ...
Hi Jay
you may have found the problem
I ran a search for ‘Desktop’ in the Dropbox folder on File Manager:
they are from backups of my old computer done to a portable HD by professionals when the hard disk died and I had it replaced with a solid state drive. The computer is now being replaced and I need the files in the backup so I uploaded the portable hard drive to Dropbox which was obviously a mistake.
What should I do now?
If I delete the folder named 'from hardrive' from Dropbox, will that fix things?
What can I safely copy from the portable HD backup? Do I need to manually find the documents & music files on it and upload them (that will take a very long time)?
How do I ensure that Dropbox does not try to backup my whole laptop in the future?
Thanks
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIf you don't want those files to appear in your Dropbox account, you can delete them from your account.
You can upload specific files to the Dropbox folder manually.
Dropbox doesn't have an option to backup your whole hard drive, only certain folders. Provided the computer backup is disabled, those folders won't get backed up to Dropbox.
You can upload specific files to the Dropbox folder manually.
Dropbox doesn't have an option to backup your whole hard drive, only certain folders. Provided the computer backup is disabled, those folders won't get backed up to Dropbox.
