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Mark I.1
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12 months ago

Low space on internal drive, and added an external one. But now content is added to both of them.

I have run low on space on my internal drive and added an external drive for my Dropbox. I have gone through the process of connecting and syncing my Dropbox account to my new external Dropbox drive....
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Rich
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12 months ago
Mark I.1 wrote:

I have gone through the process of connecting and syncing my Dropbox account to my new external Dropbox drive.

No suggestions, but keep in mind that, while possible, storing your Dropbox folder on an external drive is highly NOT recommended. If the drive were to become disconnected while Dropbox is running, or Dropbox is started while the drive is no connected, Dropbox could see the missing files as a mass deletion and sync that deletion to your account online.

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