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Upgrading hard drive, but keeping hard drive letter, how?
Hi,
Dropbox is snynced on my internal data hard drive (D:). I installed a second one (currently (E:)), that I want to sync the DropBox to. BUT I really have to keep the drive letter (D:), because all my files a linked that way.
Was is the best way to do this? I don't want to risk anything. Bandwith is good enough to sync fresh.
Thanks for your help!
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey flw, welcome to our Community and happy Monday!
For starters, have you made sure that the desktop app is 'up to date' and not still syncing in your system tray?
If you made sure that syncing is finished, the safest way to do this would be to unlink your account from the desktop app through the app's preferences (under the Account tab) and then rename (or remap) your internal drives via your computer's options to suit your needs (i.e. swap the drive letters).
At this point, you can rename your-now unlinked- Dropbox folder to something you can distinguish or copy/move it to the new location (the now renamed D drive) and then try to relink the account through the app's preferences again, choosing your D drive (assuming you've renamed or remapped them first).
If you copy or move the old Dropbox Folder inside your now renamed D drive, you should be able to point to that via the app's preferences to avoid re-downloading all of your files to your computer, or you can let the app create a new Dropbox folder and sync your files until it's up to date in your system tray.
I hope this helps!
I have the same issue. If I do the following, is there any risk:
My Dropbox folder is D:\Dropbox
1. Update the Dropbox App
2. Sync until I get "Up T Date"
3. Quit Dropbox Desktop App
4. Copy the Dropbox folder to the root of the new disk
5. Remove the old disk
6. Change the new disk's letter to D
7. Restart Dropbox Desktop App
- Megan
Hi David Doron, happy Monday!
That sounds like the safest way you can go on about it.
Just keep in mind, that upon restarting the app, you should be able to access the app's "Advanced Settings" in the get-started pop-up window, and choose the option "I want to choose where to put my Dropbox".
You'll choose the drive, and allow for the app to re-index everything.
If you have any questions, let me know!
