Relink online folders to pc and external drives

[melindalc71]

I recently installed a completely new SSD to my computer and also have to large storage external drives. These had previously all been backed-up to dropbox. 

The two external drives now have difference mapping (drive letters) than my previous set-up and the windows user name is also different.. meaning the previous addresses to these all files will be different.

I just re-installed dropbox to my computer. 

Drobox has now created a new folder on my computer replicating all the files I had linked and now I have two sets of files.

How do I fix dropbox to properly replicate the set up I previously had and all files to find their mates on my local drive and external drives?

I don't see a way to 'see' each file's local address (what it currently thinks it's syncing to) online so I can change that mapping. 

[Jay]

Hi @melindalc71, thanks for messaging the Community.

Since you've changed the drive letters and the username, it won't be possible to duplicate the same setup as before. 

If the Dropbox desktop application detects the computer as a new device entirely, then you'll need to create new external drive backups on the site, and reupload the data again.

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.