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Laia IA
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Can I back up a partitioned disk?

Hello ! I wanted to make a backup of some folders I have on a partitioned drive on my PC. The problem is that in the Backup Dropbox Beta configuration it only shows me folders on the C:/ drive. My ...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    So, if I understand correctly, you want a second backup of the folders that are already synced to Dropbox, right?

     

    In that case, that's not possible, as the folders you have synced to your account are already synced with the Dropbox servers; they're already "backed up" since they're available on dropbox.com.

     

    You'd have to create a manual copy and upload it to your account, but that would also mean double the space taken up in your account.

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ClaudioCreativo
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Hi Hannah, I had a very similar problem, however I am no satisfied with the outcome of this blog. I want to backup the data on D:/ (this is not a flash drive, but just a partition).
I can't see any option that will allow me to select whichever folder I want to backup, but only those few that also Laia showed you.
Are you saying that Dropbox can only backup folders in the HDD where it's installed to?
In my case I could uninstall Dropbox and I will try to install it on D:/, however this 'feature' does not make any sense to me and it's very much limiting the opportunity to be agile and backup any folder connected to the computer.

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey ClaudioCreativo, with Dropbox backup you can indeed only backup folders in the hard drive Dropbox is installed on.

 

I will, however, pass your feedback to our team about this and if you have any other questions, let us know.

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