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SatchBoogie1
New member | Level 2
11 months ago

Question about moving Dropbox folder to a new drive

Hi,   I bought a new hard drive for my computer. I want to change the disk drive location for my Dropbox folder from my current disk drive location to the new one. I know where to go in the app s...
  • Rich's avatar
    11 months ago

    SatchBoogie1 wrote:

    Will it sync and download all my content again from Dropbox's servers OR will it locally move the contents in the current Dropbox folder to the newly set destination on my new disk drive?


    It will move the existing folder to the new location, but it will likely index your files as well, which will give the appearance that it's uploading or downloading. Just let it work.