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backup in secondary external drive
hello,
I am using dropbox
it is synced to my laptop
I am syncing only the folders needed all others are only on cloud and not copied to laptop drive
I want to have a cbackup of all my dropbox on external drive
I want it to be synced from time to time when I will plugin the drive the sync process will find the delta and sync all dropbox to the drive.
how can I do it?
I dont want the content of the drive to be backedup to dropbox - I need the opposite direction, from dropbox to drive
also
I want to continue sync dropbox to my laptop, just need a secondary backup
please assist
Thank you
- Rich
Super User II
zziippii wrote:
I want to have a cbackup of all my dropbox on external drive
I want it to be synced from time to time when I will plugin the drive the sync process will find the delta and sync all dropbox to the drive.
Dropbox doesn't have that functionality. If you were syncing all of your files to your laptop you could use any backup method you liked to copy the files from your Dropbox folder to your external drive, but since you're not syncing all of your files, the only way to do it would be to manually download the files from the Dropbox website and save them to the external drive.
thank you.
but what will happen in the future when I will plugin the drive in order to sync the changes?
the purpose is to have another external drive as a backup and it will be synced from time to time to latest content of my dropbox so it will be updated and be sure to have backup of the cloud.
I hope there is a way or workaround for it
what if I will install another instance of dropbox on my laptop that will be connected to this drive? and every time I plugin the drive this instance will make the sync to the drive?
- Rich
zziippii wrote:
but what will happen in the future when I will plugin the drive in order to sync the changes?
That would depend on how you backed up the files in the first place, and since Dropbox doesn't have that capability, we really can't provide an answer.
what if I will install another instance of dropbox on my laptop that will be connected to this drive? and every time I plugin the drive this instance will make the sync to the drive?Dropbox does not (and cannot) work like that. Dropbox doesn't have the means to create a backup to another drive. It itself can backup an external drive to your Dropbox, but not the other way around.
You're going to need to come up with your own solution or find a third-party app that will accomplish it for you.
hello,
I am using dropbox on my laptop for daily use
not syncing all folders as dont need spend space if not in use
but
I want to have a backup to all my dropbox on external drive so the cloud will be fully backedup
there is an option for the opposite direction - sync from external to cloud but this option supported
in other words I need the cloud to be backedup/synced to more then one drive.
Thanks,
Tzipi
hello,
thank you for you response
but what in case of disaster ? I would like to be sure I have all my stuff in 2 locations
one is dropbox
and another on physical drive.
thanks,
tzipi
