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I want to back up my external hard drive but I want to be able to access it on my computer. How do I do this?
You cant I'm afraid. That isnt how Dropbox backup works.
When you use backup they become sort of 'locked' files which you can only see on the website and you cant interact with or edit the files within etc.
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I use this external hard drive many times a day. But if it should crash I have no backup for it. Any other suggestion?
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