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Understanding A, B, C, and D Drives: What They Mean and How They’re Used
Hey there, it's Theresa here 👋. You might see me around the Community, popping into different threads and joining conversations and I often notice users looking for the best ways to manage their storage effectively 🚀. By default, Dropbox saves files on your computer’s internal drive, typically the C: drive 👨‍💻. But sometimes, you need a little extra space, and the D: drive can be a great alternative. It helps free up valuable room on your primary drive while still giving you seamless access to your important files. If you want to learn more about setting up Dropbox on an external drive, check out this guide. But what about those other drives? The ones labeled A: and B:? Why don’t modern computers use them? And what exactly does the C: drive do? Let’s take a nostalgic and practical dive into the world of drive letters and what they mean in computing 💻. A: and B: Drives Ah, the A: and B: drives - ancient relics of computing! Back in the day, these drives were the VIP section for floppy disks, the original storage superheroes of the 80s and 90s. For those lucky enough to have never experienced floppy disks, let me explain: they were small, portable, and could hold a whopping 1.44 MB to 2.88 MB of data. That’s right, an entire three documents …if you were lucky 💾. Modern computers no longer come with A: or B: drives, as the floppy disk has been banished to the land of obsolete tech alongside VHS tapes and Blockbuster memberships 📼. However, those letters are still reserved for these iconic disks, almost like a tribute to the O.G’s of storage - here, computers have to pay their respects to the ancestors too. C: Drive The C: drive is the most important and commonly used drive in a computer system. It is typically the main hard drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD) that contains the operating system (like Windows), applications, and most of your files 💻. In modern Windows systems, the C: drive is like your default "everything" space. It’s where the system stores its most prized possessions, from system files to personal documents to that folder full of memes you forgot about. Installing Dropbox on your C: drive is a great way to store your cloud files locally on your computer while keeping them synced across all your devices. So, think of the C: drive as the top drawer of your desk: it holds all the stuff you need every day, the stuff you’ll probably need soon, and the stuff you just threw in there to deal with later. Keep it clean…or don’t - but either way, the C: drive is where it all goes down 👩‍💻. D: Drive The D: drive is the unsung hero stepping in when you need a little extra space. It’s like the spare room in your house, or that second closet where you shove everything when company’s coming over 🙊. The D: drive is typically assigned to secondary storage devices. This could be a second hard drive, an optical drive (AKA CD/DVD drives ..remember those?), or even a partition on the same physical hard drive as the C: drive. And let’s not forget its role as the go-to for removable storage like USB flash drives or external hard drives. (Hint: Set up Dropbox on you D: Drive for those "I’ll definitely organise this later" files) 👨‍💻. So, whether you're optimizing storage, decluttering your digital space, or just taking a trip down memory lane, it’s always good to know what’s going on behind the scenes 😉. And hey, if you ever need help managing your files, you know where to find me 👩‍💻. I’ll be around the Community, diving into conversations and helping out wherever I can. Got any storage tricks, you or even fun computer nostalgia to share 💾💿📼? Drop them in the comments.. I’d love to hear them!
Theresa
10 months ago Place Dropbox Tips & Tricks
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Why keeping an active email address can stop you getting locked out of Dropbox your account
*Note from Amy* Graham covers all of the most vital information here, but I just wanted to check in here as well, and ask if you have any experience with this issue? And to find out how best to share this info with new Dropbox Community members, to ensure that no one gets locked out of their account? Now, without further ado, on to Graham's wonderful piece. When you first signed up to Dropbox, you would have been asked to enter an email address to create your account. Whether it’s Basic, Plus, Family or any Dropbox plan we have ever offered, an active email address has, and always will be, a non-negotiable condition of membership. Therefore, it is important to ensure you’re using an active email address with your Dropbox account. Explore how to change your email address if you need to, and what to do if you’ve already lost access to your associated email address. Why is an email address important? There are a number of reasons why you need an active email address, most of them revolving around keeping your Dropbox account, and all of the files and folders you keep in it, safe. You can use it to sign in, to receive verification codes, and for changing your password, so it’s a pretty important element of your Dropbox account. That being said, it’s a very good idea to make sure you keep this email account active as long as you plan on using Dropbox. Look, we’ve all had an email account at some stage in our life that we no longer have access to. To be honest, for most of us, it’s probably more than one. Changing jobs, graduating from a school or university, or just changing email service provider, realising that your first email address (hotdude1999@hotmail.co.uk) isn’t really appropriate any more, there are any number of reasons why you might no longer have access to an email address, so it‘s important to be careful with the one you have associated with your Dropbox account, or you could risk losing access to you account and everything you have stored in it. To make sure this doesn’t happen, here are a few things you can do to make sure you’re never locked out in the cold when trying to sign in to your Dropbox account. How to change your Dropbox email address When it comes to making sure you don’t lose access to your email address, prevention is definitely the best course of defence. If the email address you used is one that is connected to a job or any form of institution and it is likely that you might lose it at some point in the future, you can simply change your email address to your personal email or one that you will always have access to. It’s a pretty easy process and you can do it by following these simple steps. Sign in to dropbox.com. Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the upper-right corner. Click Settings. Under the General tab, find your email address. Click Edit next to your email address. If you see Verify email instead of Edit, you’ll need to verify your email address before you can change it. If you see an info icon (i inside a circle) instead of Edit, you’ll need to contact your admin to change your email address. Enter your new e-mail, confirm e-mail, and Dropbox password. Click Update email. We’ll send a verification email to your new email address. Open the email, and click Verify your email. You can read more about changing the email address on your Dropbox account here . Stay logged in Depending on what Dropbox plan you are on, you are allowed to sign in to your account on a minimum of 3 different devices. You can choose from a phone, tablet, laptop, desktop or anything else that works for you. If you have a device that only you has access to and you’re happy enough to keep yourself signed in to Dropbox it’s probably a good idea to stay logged in. The reason for this is, even if you lose access to the email address associated with your account, once you’re logged in on another device, you will still be able access your settings and do things like change the associated email address or reset your password. If you’ve already lost access to your associated email address If you’ve already lost access to your account, there are still a few things you can try to get back into your account. If you still know the email address and your password, you can try login as normal. If you’ve been using your account regularly and you’re on a device that we recognize, this might work for you and if so you will be able to access your account settings to update your email address. If this does not work for you and you are asked to enter a code that was sent to your associated email address, the only way you will be able to get back into your Dropbox account is by entering this code. In this case, if your email account was with a former employer or school, you should contact them to see if they can reactivate your email address, otherwise you can contact your email service provider and try to regain access that way. We’re all about keeping accounts as safe as they can be, whether it’s using two-step verification or a password manager, if it helps keep things safe, we love it! We’d love to hear about the extra steps you take to help keep your account safe at all times. Let us know in the comments below.
Graham
3 years ago Place Dropbox Tips & Tricks
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Learn more about Dropbox Business security with our Trust Guide
Trust is the foundation of our relationship with millions of people and businesses around the world. We value the confidence you've put in us and take the responsibility of protecting your information seriously. To be worthy of your trust, we have built and will continue to grow Dropbox with an emphasis on security, compliance and privacy. You can learn more about how we build trust by visiting our Trust Guide.
Ed
8 years ago Place Dropbox Tips & Tricks
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