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sportsman1
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Upload lagging with a few secs left but then files were completed upon restart
Hello,
I would like to ask about uploading files to dropbox because I had an issue yesterday when trying to process so many many files on my work computer so I can replace one myself but was wo...
sportsman1
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
From what I recall when I got back to Dropbox after I restarted the computer as if I had no choice, I see that my files are uploaded through successfully. But since there's like more than 5000 of them, I can't tell if all of them has gone through or if some has lost. Yes, I can see the preview of files being lined up while at the downloading phase but then upon restart, it no longer shows the files preview tab - don't know what that means as I assume the uploads are done but then maybe some files are lost despite the long "17 seconds and 1 file to go" lag and also my file explorer was also freezing/not responding at the time.
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoHey sportsman1, what do you see in your events page about this? Does it show you the correct number of files uploaded?
- sportsman12 years agoExplorer | Level 3
okay, i haven't had the chance to check that yet since I'm not back until the start of next week. Is it okay I update it here after this and let you know?
- Megan2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey sportsman1, that's absolutely okay!
Take your time, and give us a shout when you have more info for us.
Take care!
- sportsman12 years agoExplorer | Level 3Upon checking, it tells me the amount of files I downloaded individually rather than the total files I’ve downloaded for a specific folder which I couldn’t find even though I know where to find a specific folder.
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