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Jeroen A.'s avatar
Jeroen A.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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Can't sync, not enough disk space (not true...)

Hi, My Dropbox is often unwilling to sync folders to my hard drive. Apparently it thinks that my hard drive is full, which is not the case. I have over 600 mb of free space on my hard drive and the...
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  • Rick_M's avatar
    Rick_M
    10 years ago

    1) run CCLEANER  - https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

    2) You MUST use dropbox to successfully "move" your dropbox folder: "Preferences" Account tab "Location" - but external drives are not supported and I have never tried to put dropbox on a different internal drive.

     

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Trinity C.1's avatar
Trinity C.1
Collaborator | Level 9
10 years ago

Dropbox normally must install only on your boot drive. So it is your boot drive that must have enough space. Dropbox desktop client must be running. Reinstall with the full-installer.

 

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