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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?
Remember, Dropbox does not support external, networked or removable drives. While it can work, data loss has been known to occur when storing your Dropbox folder on such a drive. Make sure you have a good backup of your data because if it happens to you, Dropbox will not be able to help you.
adam l. Thank you!!
Worked like a charm
Adam, thanks - worked a treat!
Folks, remember to pause syncing in the Dropbox app if you ever even consider removing your card from the PC.
Adam,
Thank you very much!
This helped me out with my limited storage problem om my C-drive.
thank you adam....it worked.
Beware. Even when you can use this mount trick to cheat Dropbox and move the content to an external drive, this is NOT supported by Dropbox and you can eventually have issues with your files or content.
Have good backups of your data. 2 or 3 copies.
I have the same problem and I'm before Adam's mount cheat. Because of I'm afraid of data loss I have a question: data loss could occur only on that device I used this trick or it would affect my whole dropbox cloud storage so that my other devices on which I have dropbox would have data losses too?
data loss could occur only on that device I used this trick or it would affect my whole dropbox cloud storage so that my other devices on which I have dropbox would have data losses too?
As Dropbox is linked to all other devices the data loss replicates across the cloud and then all other linked devices. In some cases it will also remove the data from the disconnected drive when/if its reconnected.
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Mark is right.
Years ago when I was a newbie with Dropbox, I installed a Non-Supported Portable Dropbox app for testing in my wife profile in my computer. Something happens and I lost about 27,000 files.
Thanks God Support help me reverting back the event so I get my files back. I never ever used non supported solutions in my life since this scenario.
External drives and Network shares are not supported.
The good news is some NAS devices like Synology includes the Dropbox app so you can sync your NAS servers with Dropbox as well. A great solution for home network and even small to medium business.
Thanks for the answers! I decided I won't risk it.
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