You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

Forum Discussion

Dale McCullough's avatar
Dale McCullough
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

How to upload a large folder with entire PC subfolder/files onto Dropbox

I want to create a backup of all content from my PC on Dropbox and then allow syncing or automatic addition of new files added to my PC folders. I installed the Dropbox app on the PC to allow this. B...
  • Mark's avatar
    5 months ago

    Dale McCullough wrote:

    Is Dropbox the right app then for backing up a computer?


    Unfortunately simply put no. 

     

    Dropbox backup moves some folders and directories over in to its own directory and syncs them with the cloud, or, backs them up. However, it does set folders only - it doesnt do everything in a 'disaster recovery' type of set up. 

     

    I suggest looking at something like BackBlaze for that 

About Create, upload, and share

Find help to solve issues with creating, uploading, and sharing files and folders in Dropbox. Get support and advice from the Dropbox Community.

Need more support

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!