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euanburton
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Dropbox External Drive Backup - Changing Computers

I’ve just found out when you change Laptop / Desktop you can’t continue to use the same external hard drive with Dropbox Backup. This is absolute madness. If you want to continue to use that hard d...
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ajglendinning's avatar
ajglendinning
New member | Level 2

Hello,

I am running into this same issue mentioned in the post above. Is there still no solve for this almost one year after this posted? If I change computers do I need to re-upload my entire external drive?

Walter's avatar
Walter
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3 months ago

Hey ajglendinning - could you let us know more about the issue you're facing so that we can advise further?

 

Would the backups page help with what you had in mind perhaps?

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