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Rich
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2 years ago
Chris Heath wrote:

That wasn't my experience. When the dropbox app could not find the dropbox folder, it displayed an obfuscated message about reconnecting the drive. It did not automatically delete the contents of dropbox on not detecting the external drive.

It has the potential to delete the contents, and if you search the forums you'll find plenty of people that have had it happen to them. It's not a guarantee, but it is possible, so the appropriate thing to do is let people know about the possibility so they can determine if it's worth risking their data or not.

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richardx
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Dropbox does not wag the dog - the machines are the controllers that dropbox is to serve. When will they fix this bug in dropbox?

 

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