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Move Dropbox folder to removable drive?
I have an Intel Compute Stick with very little storage on the device itself. I tried to move my Dropbox folder to a microSD card installed in my Intel Compute Stick but I got an error message from Dropbox because the microSD card is removable. Is there any way of overriding this, so that I can put my Dropbox folder on my microSD card?
I had been searching and I found this. Just did it and it works perfectly. http://copytaste.com/io8211xb
Dropbox on a Thumb Drive
1. You can have your Dropbox folder on removable media (a flash/thumb drive) on Windows. If you have a flash/thumb drive, you will first need to mount it. This is done by:
a. Control panel --> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Storage --> Disk Management
b. Right click on the flash/thumb drive, select Change Drive Letter and Paths…
c. Select add, then select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder, browse to your C:, select New Folder…
d. Name the folder "DB Mount", click OK, click OK, click OK. Close Computer Management.
e. You can now access your flash/thumb drive through its removable storage location (drive letter) or through the mounted location (C: DB Mount). Dropbox requires a local drive (the mounted volume).
2. Download Dropbox at: https://www.dropbox.com/install (You will have to signup for an account if you don't already have one).
3. If you have a flash/thumb drive, install Dropbox to the mounted drive in C:, named DB Mount. Select the this as the location for your Dropbox directory.
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I tried Adam's creative idea and it seemed to work fine. I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with 256 GB of built-in memory and a 1 TB Dropbox subscription. Thus, his scheme was necessary to take advantage of my 1 TB subscription since I only had about 20 GB of storage free on my Surface Pro 4.
HOWEVER... I now wanted to share a link to a file in my Dropbox storage. In the past, I'd just right-click on the file to get the option to get a Dropbox link. But that option is no longer available now that I'm using my 256 GB microSD card to locally store my Dropbox files. Is getting a Dropbox link no longer possible... or is there a workaround?
- Mark
Super User II
You can get them via the website don-peters:
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/view-only-access Sorry, Mark, but the option to create a link no longer appears. I need a link to my Dropbox files or folders so I can embed this link into an e-mail message. This option used to work perfectly when my local Dropbox files were stored on my system solid state drive.
I thought I had a workaround to get a link: go to the web page holding the file, right-click on it, and select the option to get the link. But that link doesn't work!
I've finally just given up, and instead bought a OneDrive subscription and am migrating all of my Dropbox files to it. I love the "on demand" syncing.
- Mark
It does still work via the website (https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/view-only-access) its just the flow may have changed slightly.
You now click on 'Share' and follow the prompts from there Adam's solution worked for me, as advertised.
Until now.
It seems that Dropbox has found a way to break the process.
Dropbox client warns me that it'll stop syncing in Nov, why?
Anyone having any success finding a new solution?
I was using an SD Card on my Surface Pro where I had dropbox, but it was formatted in FAT32 format. Then I got a message from Dropbox that it would stop syncing in November (2018). When I clicked on the link for more info, it said that the format must be NTFS. So I reformatted my SD Card, to NTFS and now I can sync both, Dropbox and OneDrive to my SD Card. For Dropbox, this was the only solution that worked, that is, using the DB Mount command exactly as explained here. You must follow the steps given here, but it works.
josergonzalez wrote
I was using an SD Card on my Surface Pro where I had dropbox, but it was formatted in FAT32 format.
I'll have to do some research. I'm using a thumb drive and afik they don't support NTFS.
Thanks for the tip!
When I select the mounted SD Drive Location, DB Mount, I get the error, "This Folder is on a Device that does not have enough free space."
The destination is a 400GB SD Card that was just formated to NTFS.
Any suggestoins?
Gazzaroonii I have dropbox on mini SD card in my surface pro4. I have not converted my sd card from FAT to NTFS yet. Please let me know if you found any solution.
Thanks
