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Move Dropbox folder to removable drive?
I have an Intel Compute Stick with very little storage on the device itself. I tried to move my Dropbox folder to a microSD card installed in my Intel Compute Stick but I got an error message from Dr...
I had been searching and I found this. Just did it and it works perfectly. http://copytaste.com/io8211xb
Dropbox on a Thumb Drive
1. You can have your Dropbox folder on removable media (a flash/thumb drive) on Windows. If you have a flash/thumb drive, you will first need to mount it. This is done by:
a. Control panel --> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Storage --> Disk Management
b. Right click on the flash/thumb drive, select Change Drive Letter and Paths…
c. Select add, then select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder, browse to your C:, select New Folder…
d. Name the folder "DB Mount", click OK, click OK, click OK. Close Computer Management.
e. You can now access your flash/thumb drive through its removable storage location (drive letter) or through the mounted location (C: DB Mount). Dropbox requires a local drive (the mounted volume).
2. Download Dropbox at: https://www.dropbox.com/install (You will have to signup for an account if you don't already have one).
3. If you have a flash/thumb drive, install Dropbox to the mounted drive in C:, named DB Mount. Select the this as the location for your Dropbox directory.
Frankly, this should be a no-brainer feature. If I choose to use "external media" for drop-box it's incumbent on ***ME*** the user.
In my case, I use a Microsoft Surface Pro. The drive in it is only 256GB. I have a 200GB SDCard, which never leaves the computer.
I have tried to use the create a folder, and mount into the folder as a way to bypass this, but I also use this drive to redirect downloads, documents, desktop, etc. and it hasn't been stable for this, so instead I use D:\ for those, and would like to do the same for a folder called D:\username\Dropbox just like I have for D:\username\Desktop or D:\username\Videos.
It should be a simple checkbox, where I deliberately select to use an external drive and accept the risks associated, rather than being forced into using my C: drive.
It's not uncommon nowadays to have users with computers that have a limited SSD drive for their boot, programs, etc. and a D:\ that is a microSD card for their file share data, of which DropBox would be included.
If I can't get DropBox to work for me in this very basic way, I will find an alternative that works for me. Not that DB is going to miss my 99$ a year, but I am sure that users like me make up 1 - 2 % of potential users, which is an income stream they are missing out on.
Trever M. wrote:Frankly, this should be a no-brainer feature. If I choose to use "external media" for drop-box it's incumbent on ***ME*** the user.
In my case, I use a Microsoft Surface Pro. The drive in it is only 256GB. I have a 200GB SDCard, which never leaves the computer.
I have tried to use the create a folder, and mount into the folder as a way to bypass this, but I also use this drive to redirect downloads, documents, desktop, etc. and it hasn't been stable for this, so instead I use D:\ for those, and would like to do the same for a folder called D:\username\Dropbox just like I have for D:\username\Desktop or D:\username\Videos.
It should be a simple checkbox, where I deliberately select to use an external drive and accept the risks associated, rather than being forced into using my C: drive.
It's not uncommon nowadays to have users with computers that have a limited SSD drive for their boot, programs, etc. and a D:\ that is a microSD card for their file share data, of which DropBox would be included.
If I can't get DropBox to work for me in this very basic way, I will find an alternative that works for me. Not that DB is going to miss my 99$ a year, but I am sure that users like me make up 1 - 2 % of potential users, which is an income stream they are missing out on.
You sir are absolutely correct. It's now 2019 and this ridiculous restriction is still in place. Dropbox is currently being ininstalled as I type this.
The formatting on this website is absolutely ridiculous also. I replied to a specific post but this website placed my reply right at the very end of the comments where it made no sense. I had to go back and manually use quote tags after manually copying and pasting what I was replying to. Only to now find I cant delete the original reply which this site placed randomly at the end LOL....but if I edit said reply, this site is aware exactly which comment I replied to...but yet doesnt display it LOL....staggering, absolutely staggering.
