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mitchellvii
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
I'm freaking out. ALL of my graphics files have been deleted!
I have always kept my graphics files that I use for my podcast in a folder named "Team."
I was working and a dropbox notification popped up saying that "9845 of my dropbox files have been delet...
- 2 years ago
Ok solved it. Seems for some reason Dropbox put all the folders that were deleted into one folder and I was able to restore it from there. Whew, crisis averted!
mitchellvii
New member | Level 2
I can't believe this. There is no record on Dropbox of these files being deleted. I can't restore them because according to dropbox they never existed!
mitchellvii
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Ok solved it. Seems for some reason Dropbox put all the folders that were deleted into one folder and I was able to restore it from there. Whew, crisis averted!
- mitchellvii2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Still no idea why they were deleted.
- Rich2 years agoSuper User II
mitchellvii wrote:
Seems for some reason Dropbox put all the folders that were deleted into one folder and I was able to restore it from there.
Just so you're aware, Dropbox doesn't do anything like that. It can't move or delete your files. It can only do what it's instructed to do. If folders were moved, then either you, someone with access or something on your computer moved them. Same goes for deletions.
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