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Copying From DropBox to USB Drive Taking Up Space on C:
I'm attempting to backup a large folder on DropBox by copying it to my USB-connected 4TB Drive
This seems like it would take the files directly from DropBox and write them to the USB drive....b...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
wmcorcor wrote:
But wouldn't DropBox be sophisticated enough to make the file/folder available offline (on my C: drive), copy it to the USB drive and then return that file/folder to Online-Only?
No, Dropbox doesn't do that automatically.
How exactly would I use DropBox.com to copy this folder?
You'd have to download small portions of it at a time and specify your external drive as the download location. You wouldn't be able to download the entire thing in one shot.
In short, there is no simple way to do what you're trying to accomplish, and Dropbox wasn't built with that process in mind. If you don't have the space on your main drive to sync the entire folder, you'll be looking at a mostly manual process.
Thanks. I'll be very curious to see if when the copy/paste completes (in a few days)...and I go back and make my DropBox On-Line Only, if it recovers the full space and goes back to 500GB Free again (as it was before the copy). I will report back.
