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zziippii
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

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 ...
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zziippii's avatar
zziippii
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

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

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey zziippii, I sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that the Dropbox external drive backup is supposed to be a backup of your stuff, so while it's not cloud to drive, we can do backups drive to Dropbox so there's still 2. 

     

    I hope this clarifies. 

    • zziippii's avatar
      zziippii
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      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

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hi zziippii, currently, there isn't an official method to backup your Dropbox account to an external drive. 

         

        There may be some third party apps or services that can provide this method for you using the Dropbox API.

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