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Synchronizing several windows notebooks with Dropbox.
Hello,
I am NEW, so forgive me if I ask a lame old q - I browsed the contents, but couldn't find a good solution. At the same time, I believe others have researched and solved this ...
1) I have ...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi TechTrans, let's jump right into this!
You mentioned your D drive, can you confirm if this drive is an external one or not?
Would you like to move the Dropbox folder there? If not, would you want to backup the D drive to Dropbox via Dropbox Backup?
Also, do you have the app installed on the device at the moment?
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!
- Hello!
I haven’t set up anything yet as I want to do everything right from the start.
So I have to physically move (like copy & paste?) my complete 😧 drive into a specific folder which then syncs with the DB?
For experts this may sound ridiculous, but I am afraid that moving the 😧 drive may sever connections in the file & program system.- Megan
Hi TechTrans, in essence, the Dropbox app works like this: you install the app, and a Dropbox folder with all of your account's content is downloaded to the device.
Now, when you need to add content to your account, all you have to do is place that content, inside of your Dropbox folder, and allow for it to sync the changes. Once that happens, the files and folders should be visible online, and on any other linked device.
With that being said, you can place your Dropbox folder on your 😧 drive, but you'd then need to manually place any files and folders in the Dropbox folder, in order for them to sync. As for the rest of the notebooks, you'd need to install the app there too, in order to see the reflected changes there.
Keep in mind that the files in your Dropbox folder wouldn't sync with the actual files outside of it, even if you copy/paste them.
You might want to also take a look into our Backup feature, and see if this would suit your needs.
Ah! I start to understand.
I really want an ongoing, agile management of my files, so that certainly is the way to go. Setting up the syncing of content really is a bit scary, but so helpful once it is set up properly.
I will now try this out and give you feedback on how it works. Many thanks already!
- The sad face is D : drive - the icons just came up like that
