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Using Dropbox for Backup Storage?

Using Dropbox for Backup Storage?

phoophan
Explorer | Level 3

I am looking for a service to simply backup my computer & external hard drive but also store files that I don't have on my computer or hard drives. Can Dropbox provide this type of service? I'm being told Dropbox cannot perform this way.

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Mark
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Dropbox itself doesnt perform that way, that is correct. 

 

Dropbox isn't the tool you are looking for if you want your main drive (i.e. C:\) backing up to restore and use as a functional machine. But, it does have backup functionality of the data structures and external drives. 

 

See www.dropbox.com/backups for info


 


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