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TimB2
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I added a folder to Dropbox from the website, but only 200 files got uploaded.

I added one folder from my D drive to my Dropbox backup and it quickly backed up about 200 files and then stopped. Nothing else got backed up. So, I deleted that folder from Dropbox and added it agai...
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Mark
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2 years ago

The issue is if the internet isnt perfect or drops out the website just stops uploading. Then you need to start again as it doesn't know what was (or wasn't) uploaded. I'd personally not risk uploading that many via the web as you just dont know what has and hasn't worked. You are much better using the desktop client to do it - which is how it's designed to work. That way you just put them in and forget about it while they upload. 

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TimB2
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

So, you are saying that Dropbox cannot reliably backup from external hard drives. That is an interesting admission. 

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