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Plutonika
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3 years ago

Unexpected external hard-drive connection loss triggers mass data deletion

We've been working with an external hard drive workflow for many years now. A while back we changed to portable SSD hard drives that are a bit smaller, but a bit more efficient energy-wise. A couple ...
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3 years ago
Plutonika wrote:

Unexpected external hard-drive connection loss triggers mass data deletion

This is the main reason why it's suggested that you not store your Dropbox folder on an external drive. If it becomes disconnected while Dropbox is running, or if Dropbox is started before the drive is connected, Dropbox can see the missing drive as a mass deletion which it will sync to your account.

 

There is no option to prevent this.

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