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Lynk
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

I have an encrypted exFAT external drive, but I don't see the prompt to back it up to Dropbox.

I just bought a SanDisk 2TB drive and encrypted it with their software.  There is currently only about 30GB of data on it.  When I plug it in, I do not get the "Do you want to back up this drive" mes...
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Lynk
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

I will give this a try tonight.  I have Dropbox installed on my laptop.  I will install it on my external drive and see if I can make it work.

Thanks,

Audrey

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