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louis8ball
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Can I back up my computer and download the files to another computer?

Hi,

I know for a fact that I am not posting this in the correct place. But I don't know where else to post it.

 

All I want to do is make a backup of the C: Drive from my old laptop and download those items onto my new laptop. But I can't figure out how to do this.

 

Thanks

desktop
Dropbox Backup
  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey louis8ball, thanks for posting to our Community!

     

    You can definitely use our backup feature to back up your desktop folder to your Dropbox.

     

    These folders won't sync to your other computer, however, you can access them from your backups page online and if you want, you can download them from there.

     

    I hope this helps, but let me know if you have any questions.

     

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