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Evert_k's avatar
Evert_k
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Install dropbox program to different drive

Is there a way to choose your own installation location for the dropbox program? My OS drive will otherwise drown (seems like 60Gb is not enough for only windowss 7). Or do I need to switch to a diff...
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  • Sanchez's avatar
    Sanchez
    7 years ago
    Hey Jongcruz, welcome to our forum! 

    Our app is capable of moving your Dropbox folder to a new location, including a different physical drive. However, the file system on that drive must support extended attributes. Have a look here for more info.
     
    Cheers
     
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Mark's avatar
Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
8 years ago
Hi Evert_k

You can use the advance install to move the Dropbox *folder* (ie. the one being sync'd) to another drive, however, you cannot move the installation folder I'm afraid. It will automatically default to the Programs folder.
  • Evert_k's avatar
    Evert_k
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    Thanks for the quick reply, seems like I have leave dropbox for now. I even tried to find older versions to see if they still had that option and update aftwards but I wasn't succesfull.

    • Sanchez's avatar
      Sanchez
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      8 years ago
      Hey Evert_k, welcome to our forum! 

      Mark is right. You can also move the Dropbox folder after it has been installed, by using our desktop app’s built-in tool. 

      I can confirm your suspicion that a 60GB drive, realistically, is too small for Windows. I’m curious though, as to how moving to another cloud storage service will help. Are their desktop applications more light weight than ours?! 

      If you don’t necessarily need our desktop app installed, you can just work with our web interface. That way, you can uninstall our app, and free up some drive space. 

      If the Dropbox folder is the actual issue (and not the space used by our app’s installation files) moving it to another drive will do the trick. You can also use our Selective Sync feature to sync only folders you want to your computer, while having everything available online. 

      I hope this helps. Let me know when you get the chance. 
      Thanks :slight_smile:
       
      • JeroUK's avatar
        JeroUK
        New member | Level 2
        8 years ago

        Hi @Sanchez

         

        I have the same problem - smaller SSD OS drive, large internal data and non-OS install drive.  It's Dropbox's install size on this drive that's the problem.

         

        I've done a re-install which has reduced the footprint temporarily, but I suspect it will shortly grow again as DB files away operational data.

         

        The only two programs I've noticed so far that *insist* on installing on C: are Dropbox and Google Chrome. It's a real PITA for me and presumably others with this (not uncommon) set up.

         

        The option to install to a specific internal drive is, IMO, essential. If you want to throw up a ton of caveats at the point of install saying "Don't install to an external/removable drive" then please, by all means do, but please let us choose.

         

        Cheers

         

         

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