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richard d.24
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
What is file indexing?
I have dropbox installed on my work computer that has software called deepfreeze (software by Faronics) on it. Basically deepfreeze boots from an image created when it was installed so every morning ...
- 10 years ago
Indexing is reading all the files in your dropbox folder and building a crc/md5 type set of index values for each 4MB chunk of file.
These values get stored into a database file in C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox and below.
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You are restarting from a snapshot and this folder and files are as it was at the time of the snapshot, so indexing is taking place on all the files it doesnt know about.
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I would suggest the following.
1) Restart in what ever mode is required to prepear to take a new snapshot
2) Do not run the DB app
2) MOVE the folder C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox to the non frozen dirve
3) Create a SYMBOLIC LINK folder at C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox that points to the other drives location of the folder
4) Take a new snapshot
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Pretty much you have moved it out of the snapshot and left a link in the snapshot to replicate the folder from where it is as if its on C still.
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Next restart will still require a Index, but following that the database will not have been frozen and be up to date.
DaveC2
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Indexing is reading all the files in your dropbox folder and building a crc/md5 type set of index values for each 4MB chunk of file.
These values get stored into a database file in C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox and below.
.
You are restarting from a snapshot and this folder and files are as it was at the time of the snapshot, so indexing is taking place on all the files it doesnt know about.
.
I would suggest the following.
1) Restart in what ever mode is required to prepear to take a new snapshot
2) Do not run the DB app
2) MOVE the folder C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox to the non frozen dirve
3) Create a SYMBOLIC LINK folder at C:\Users{username}\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox that points to the other drives location of the folder
4) Take a new snapshot
.
Pretty much you have moved it out of the snapshot and left a link in the snapshot to replicate the folder from where it is as if its on C still.
.
Next restart will still require a Index, but following that the database will not have been frozen and be up to date.
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