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Problem backing up downloads folder
I upgraded my hard drive to an SSD drive earlier this year and apparently I never set up the backup for the downloads, documents and desktop. I just went to do so and when I click setup I get an erro...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Squick55, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
The Dropbox desktop application would automatically pick the C drive for the Dropbox folder. If it's located on another drive, then it would need to have been done manually, or the app detected a previous installation which was located there.
As for adding more storage to your C drive, this would need to be done in the Windows system (if it's possible using partitions), and isn't something we could assist with.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
The program files itself for DB are located in C: but the Dropbox folder containing the files somehow ended up on D:. The problem is there's not enough space on C: to hold everything I usually sync. Not sure if there's a way to realocate more storage to the C: drive without having to reformat everything. And the dropbox install was a brand new install after swapping out the hard drive and installing an SSD. I didn't use a backup, did a clean install of everything. It was odd because I installed DB, it downloaded so much data I went over my data that month and had overage charges, then the next month DB synced more data that caused more overages and I'm guessing it's because it somehow reinstalled onto the 😧 drive, I don't know if there was an update or something about not enough space on the C: drive or what but I didn't do it. I just need to figure out the best solution to fix it.
