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Patter's avatar
Patter
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Internal hardisk not found

I have a desktop pc with a 256Gb SSD and a 1Tb HDD on board but Dropbox backup does not find my HDD disk wich I wat to backup.
Any ideas?
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi Patter, thanks for messaging the Community!

     

    The Backup feature is used to backup the system folders, and external drives only.

     

    It won't backup internal drives to the site.

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Hi Patter, thanks for messaging the Community!

     

    The Backup feature is used to backup the system folders, and external drives only.

     

    It won't backup internal drives to the site.

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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