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how to use an external drive with Dropbox
I have retired, and want to keep all of my business files on an external hard drive which will back up to Dropbox. Then I will remove all business files from my laptops. How do I do this? Is ...
It is a really really bad idea to sync Dropbox to an external drive - the risk of data loss is HUGE.
The only way to do this is to move the whole Dropbox directory to the external drive. But that then means if it disconnects at any time or is slow to re-connect on boot up Dropbox can see this as a total wipe of all data. Unfortunately there are loads of posts on here about that happening.
Hi everyone
I was googling for a solution but didn't really found one, so here I am 🙂
I was wondering, how I could backup my dropbox account to an external harddrive.
I'm using dropbox for a business, so I accumulated massive amounts of data. This data does not fit on any computer anymore, so I can't download the data from dropbox and do the backup manually.
So I'm wondering, how i can backup my dropbox on an external harddrive? I think this is very important to have the data not just on cloud, but also on a harddrive, just to be safe, and to be in accordance with the law. (Some data, I have to store for 10 years and I'm accountable if it gets lost)
Cheers
Beyon
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey beyon, thanks for your post!
I moved it to a thread with info relevant to your query, but make sure to also check this article on moving your Dropbox folder to an external drive.
Let us know if you have additional questions.
