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How safe is it to move my Dropbox folder to an external HDD drive?
Hi everyone, I am a video editor working with large RAW footage files through Dropbox and I'm trying to optimize my storage setup after adding a new drive.
My setup is a newly purchased 10TB Ex...
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey Henryrchrd, welcome back to our forum!
The setup that youâre suggesting could indeed work.
However, even though Iâm not personally using the same setup, Iâd advise you to always make sure that your HDD is connected to your computer before you turn it on and that you donât disconnect the drive while Dropbox is running.
If Dropbox is unable to detect the local Dropbox folder at any given time, it may perceive this as an act of deletion and itâll proceed to also delete your files from your Dropbox account online (which also sync these updates to any other devices you may have linked to Dropbox).
Let me know, if you have any other questions.
Okay, thanks for the reply. So to make sure, it is fine to copy from the dropbox folder from the HDD to the SSD (even when Dropbox is running), but just make sure not to cut/delete it right?
Also, do I need to make the files available offline before copying?
And can I ask what is your setup so maybe I can learn from yours.
