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workandsync
New member | Level 2
12 months ago

Trying to move my Dropbox folder to a larger drive with the same drive letter, but I see an error.

I have a dropbox folder on drive D: I want to replace drive D with a larger drive. I want to copy the dropbox folder from drive D: to the larger drive (temporarily assigned a different drive letter...
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Nancy
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12 months ago

Hey workandsync! Welcome to our forum. 

In general, the only steps we can provide, in order to safely move your Dropbox folder from one drive to another, are the ones outlined here.

However, before moving the folder, I’d suggest making sure that your Dropbox app is up to date and not in the process of syncing any files.

Let me know if you still get an error after that.

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