Do all the files have to be on one drive and not spread across multiple hard drives?
\nThe Backup plan allows you to back up one computer and one external drive.
\n\n","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"213","kudosSumWeight":0,"postTime":"2022-11-20T09:44:24.242-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2022-11-20T09:44:24.242-08:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":6282},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001018/message:637942/message:637972","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[{"__typename":"MessageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMXwyLjF8aXwzfDUyOjF8aW50LDYzNzk4OCw2Mzc5ODg","node":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:637988"}}]},"customFields":[],"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}}},"ModerationData:moderation_data:637988":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:637988","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":"member"},"ForumReplyMessage:message:637988":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","uid":637988,"id":"message:637988","revisionNum":1,"author":{"__ref":"User:user:1593092"},"readOnly":false,"repliesCount":7,"depth":2,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:101001018"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:637972"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:637942"},"subject":"Re: DropBox backup plan, but I want to select multiple drives.","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:637988"},"body":"
Hi Rich,
Yes, I got that, but most computers only have one hard drive. I have two hard drives within my desktop with different activity on them and I want to know whether Dropbox treats them as one computer or whether all the files within the computer I want to back up have to be on the same physical drive or whether I can add folders from both drives?
Thanks Ian
","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"203","kudosSumWeight":0,"postTime":"2022-11-20T11:41:41.693-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2022-11-20T11:41:41.693-08:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":6258},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001018/message:637942/message:637988","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[{"__typename":"MessageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMXwyLjF8aXwxfDUyOjF8aW50LDYzODAxMSw2MzgwMTE","node":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:638011"}}]},"customFields":[],"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}}},"ModerationData:moderation_data:638011":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:638011","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":null},"ForumReplyMessage:message:638011":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","author":{"__ref":"User:user:1850"},"id":"message:638011","revisionNum":1,"uid":638011,"depth":3,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:101001018"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:637988"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:637942"},"subject":"Re: DropBox backup plan, but I want to select multiple drives.","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:638011"},"body":"\n
IanG1 wrote:
\nI have two hard drives within my desktop with different activity on them and I want to know whether Dropbox treats them as one computer or whether all the files within the computer I want to back up have to be on the same physical drive or whether I can add folders from both drives?
\n
The normal sync process for Dropbox will only sync the items located in the Dropbox folder that gets created upon install. If you want files to sync, you need to put them in the Dropbox folder. You can't sync other locations on your computer.
\n\n
The backup feature of the Backup plan will only back up one computer plus one external hard drive. It will not back up two drives.
","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"208","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":6,"postTime":"2022-11-20T14:22:09.184-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2022-11-20T14:22:09.184-08:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":6232},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001018/message:637942/message:638011","customFields":[],"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","edges":[],"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}}},"QueryVariables:MessageSolutions":{"__typename":"QueryVariables","id":"MessageSolutions","value":{"first":10,"constraints":{"topicId":{"eq":"message:637942"},"solution":{"eq":true}},"sorts":{"postTime":{"direction":"ASC"}},"useAvatar":true,"useAuthorLogin":true,"useAuthorRank":false,"useBody":true,"useKudosCount":false,"useTimeToRead":false,"useMedia":true,"useRepliesCount":false,"useSearchSnippet":false,"useAcceptedSolutionButton":true,"useSolvedBadge":false,"useAttachments":true,"useTags":false,"useUserHoverCard":false,"useNodeHoverCard":false,"usePreviewSubjectModal":false,"useMessageStatus":false}},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/community/NavbarDropdownToggle-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/community/NavbarDropdownToggle-1740743306786","value":{"ariaLabelClosed":"Press the down arrow to open the menu"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/customComponent/CustomComponent-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/customComponent/CustomComponent-1740743306786","value":{"errorMessage":"Error rendering component id: {customComponentId}","bannerTitle":"Video provider requires cookies to play the video. Accept to continue or {url} it directly on the provider's site.","buttonTitle":"Accept","urlText":"watch"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/EscalatedMessageBanner-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/EscalatedMessageBanner-1740743306786","value":{"escalationMessage":"Escalated to Salesforce by {username} on {date}","viewDetails":"View Details","modalTitle":"Case Details","escalatedBy":"Escalated by: ","escalatedOn":"Escalated on: ","caseNumber":"Case Number: ","status":"Status: ","lastUpdateDate":"Last Update: ","automaticEscalation":"automatic escalation","anonymous":"Anonymous"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/users/UserLink-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/users/UserLink-1740743306786","value":{"authorName":"View Profile: {author}","anonymous":"Anonymous"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/users/UserRank-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/users/UserRank-1740743306786","value":{"rankName":"{rankName}","userRank":"Author rank {rankName}"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageTime-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageTime-1740743306786","value":{"postTime":"Published: {time}","lastPublishTime":"Last Update: {time}","conversation.lastPostingActivityTime":"Last posting activity time: {time}","conversation.lastPostTime":"Last post time: {time}","moderationData.rejectTime":"Rejected time: {time}"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageSolvedBadge-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageSolvedBadge-1740743306786","value":{"solved":"Solved"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageSubject-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageSubject-1740743306786","value":{"noSubject":"(no subject)"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageBody-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageBody-1740743306786","value":{"showMessageBody":"Show More","mentionsErrorTitle":"{mentionsType, select, board {Board} user {User} message {Message} other {}} No Longer Available","mentionsErrorMessage":"The {mentionsType} you are trying to view has been removed from the community.","videoProcessing":"Video is being processed. Please try again in a few minutes.","bannerTitle":"Video provider requires cookies to play the video. Accept to continue or {url} it directly on the provider's site.","buttonTitle":"Accept","urlText":"watch"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageCustomFields-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageCustomFields-1740743306786","value":{"CustomField.default.label":"Value of {name}"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageReplyButton-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageReplyButton-1740743306786","value":{"repliesCount":"{count}","title":"Reply","title@board:BLOG@message:root":"Comment","title@board:TKB@message:root":"Comment","title@board:IDEA@message:root":"Comment","title@board:OCCASION@message:root":"Comment"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageSolutionList-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageSolutionList-1740743306786","value":{"emptyDescription":"No has been message solutions yet"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/AcceptedSolutionButton-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/AcceptedSolutionButton-1740743306786","value":{"accept":"Mark as Solution","accepted":"Marked as Solution","errorHeader":"Error!","errorAdd":"There was an error marking as solution.","errorRemove":"There was an error unmarking as solution.","solved":"Solved"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/common/Pager/PagerLoadMore-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/common/Pager/PagerLoadMore-1740743306786","value":{"loadMore":"Show More"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/nodes/NodeView/NodeViewCard-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/nodes/NodeView/NodeViewCard-1740743306786","value":{"title":"{nodeTitle} ","creationDate":"Created: {creationDate}","ownedBy":"Owned by: {owners}{text}","showOwnerListText":", and {ownersCount} more","unreadCount":"{count} unread","nodeViewDrawerBtn":"Node view drawer for {place}","drawerActionTooltip":"Show category children"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/messages/MessageView/MessageViewInline-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/messages/MessageView/MessageViewInline-1740743306786","value":{"bylineAuthor":"{bylineAuthor}","bylineBoard":"{bylineBoard}","anonymous":"Anonymous","place":"Place {bylineBoard}","gotoParent":"Go to parent {name}"},"localOverride":false},"User:user:1446775":{"__typename":"User","id":"user:1446775","deleted":false,"uid":1446775,"login":"Nancy","biography":null,"registrationData":{"__typename":"RegistrationData","status":null,"registrationTime":"2021-05-31T06:13:42.733-07:00"}},"ForumReplyMessage:message:639748":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","uid":639748,"id":"message:639748","revisionNum":1,"author":{"__ref":"User:user:1446775"},"readOnly":false},"ModerationData:moderation_data:639754":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:639754","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null},"AcceptedSolutionMessage:message:639754":{"__typename":"AcceptedSolutionMessage","author":{"__ref":"User:user:1593092"},"id":"message:639754","revisionNum":1,"uid":639754,"depth":6,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:101001018"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:639748"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:637942"},"subject":"Re: DropBox backup plan, but I want to select multiple drives.","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:639754"},"body":"Thanks Nancy, it is becoming clearer. I didn't know if when Dropbox created that folder it had to reserve the space at that point in time. As I have c 1.7Tb of data it would be physically impossible to create a second folder big enough to match that on a 2Tb drive.
I assume the Dropbox folder provides the logical boundary for the data in it and when I load stuff into it the content of the Dropbox folder increases logically but doesn't increase the overall space required on the hard drive.
So my order of work seems to be:
Turn the two logical drives on my main 2Tb hard drive into one by temporarily clearing the logical drive I am going to get rid of and store that on other drives
Turn the whole hard drive into a single partition
Load the files already on that drive inc Outlook files into the Dropbox folder
Add back the other files I want backing up that have been temporarily stored where back into the Dropbox folder.
That way Dropbox will be backing up the 1.7Tb currently on on my main drives.
Does that sound correct?
Thanks
Ian
","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"203","postTime":"2022-11-28T11:03:27.855-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2022-11-28T11:03:27.855-08:00","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"solution":true,"metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":6120},"placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"videos":{"__typename":"VideoConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"isEscalated":null,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001018/message:637942/message:639754","customFields":[]},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/users/UserAvatar-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/users/UserAvatar-1740743306786","value":{"altText":"{login}'s avatar","altTextGeneric":"User's avatar"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/ranks/UserRankLabel-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/ranks/UserRankLabel-1740743306786","value":{"altTitle":"Icon for {rankName} rank"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/nodes/NodeAvatar-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/nodes/NodeAvatar-1740743306786","value":{"altTitle":"Node avatar for {nodeTitle}"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/nodes/NodeDescription-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/nodes/NodeDescription-1740743306786","value":{"description":"{description}"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-components/tags/TagView/TagViewChip-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-components/tags/TagView/TagViewChip-1740743306786","value":{"tagLabelName":"Tag name {tagName}"},"localOverride":false},"CachedAsset:text:en_US-shared/client/components/nodes/NodeIcon-1740743306786":{"__typename":"CachedAsset","id":"text:en_US-shared/client/components/nodes/NodeIcon-1740743306786","value":{"contentType":"Content Type {style, select, FORUM {Forum} BLOG {Blog} TKB {Knowledge Base} IDEA {Ideas} OCCASION {Events} other {}} icon"},"localOverride":false}}}},"page":"/forums/ForumMessagePage/ForumMessagePage","query":{"boardId":"101001018","messageSubject":"dropbox-backup-plan-but-i-want-to-select-multiple-drives-","messageId":"637942"},"buildId":"UtG3-Pbti3STtL2t_tPEH","runtimeConfig":{"buildInformationVisible":false,"logLevelApp":"info","logLevelMetrics":"info","openTelemetryClientEnabled":false,"openTelemetryConfigName":"dropbox","openTelemetryServiceVersion":"25.1.0","openTelemetryUniverse":"prod","openTelemetryCollector":"http://localhost:4318","openTelemetryRouteChangeAllowedTime":"5000","apolloDevToolsEnabled":false,"inboxMuteWipFeatureEnabled":false},"isFallback":false,"isExperimentalCompile":false,"dynamicIds":["./components/seo/QAPageSchema/QAPageSchema.tsx","./components/community/Navbar/NavbarWidget.tsx","./components/community/Breadcrumb/BreadcrumbWidget.tsx","./components/customComponent/CustomComponent/CustomComponent.tsx","./components/messages/TopicWithThreadedReplyListWidget/TopicWithThreadedReplyListWidget.tsx","./components/nodes/NodeActionButtonWidget/NodeActionButtonWidget.tsx","./components/nodes/NodeInformationWidget/NodeInformationWidget.tsx","./components/messages/RelatedContentWidget/RelatedContentWidget.tsx","./components/messages/MessageListForNodeByRecentActivityWidget/MessageListForNodeByRecentActivityWidget.tsx","./components/messages/MessageView/MessageViewStandard/MessageViewStandard.tsx","./components/messages/ThreadedReplyList/ThreadedReplyList.tsx","../shared/client/components/common/List/UnstyledList/UnstyledList.tsx","./components/messages/MessageView/MessageView.tsx","../shared/client/components/common/Pager/PagerLoadMore/PagerLoadMore.tsx","./components/nodes/NodeView/NodeView.tsx","./components/nodes/NodeView/NodeViewCard/NodeViewCard.tsx","./components/messages/MessageView/MessageViewInline/MessageViewInline.tsx","./components/customComponent/CustomComponentContent/CustomComponentScripts.tsx","../shared/client/components/common/List/UnwrappedList/UnwrappedList.tsx","./components/tags/TagView/TagView.tsx","./components/tags/TagView/TagViewChip/TagViewChip.tsx"],"appGip":true,"scriptLoader":[]}