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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.
@adam l.February 04, 2016 12:03
RE "I had been searching and I found this. Just did it and it works perfectly.http://copytaste.com/io8211xb"
I have performed that trick, and attempted to cause a data loss event, it simply wouldnt happen, the application hangs if the folder is missing, so if the drive is removed the "dropbox" is reported as missing and the app faults out.
Its not so stupid as to say "Wow he's lost his entire dropbox folder, I better delete all his cloud files also!"
You can also simply fake a drive letter (see SUBST) and assign the dropbox folder there, shut dropbox down, then remove that fake drive and put the external in at the same spot, move the dropbox folder onto it and then start dropbox back up. It doesnt care less once running if its on an external.
Same effect, remove the drive the dropbox folder goes bye bye and the app faults out.
You really have to go out of your way to cause a data loss, such as remove the drive and have a network path with a identical located dropbox folder already sitting on that drive letter under it with an identical dropbox folder on it to causing the app to think you just emptied the folder.