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atakee's avatar
atakee
New member | Level 1
6 days ago

Can I backup the same USB stick to Dropbox after changing to a new computer?

Hi there, A specific USB stick was being automatically backed up on Dropbox every time I inserted it to my previous laptop. Now that I changed to a new laptop, I want this back up process with t...
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    5 days ago
    atakee wrote:

    Do you mean "there is no way round, you have to delete the old backup and let DB create a new backup for your USB stick"?

    Yes. Dropbox will treat it as a new device and a new backup. It won't back it up to the existing backup that you made on the other device.