how to use an external drive with Dropbox

[SUSAN F.26]

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 there a dropbox file to download and put on my external drive?  I cannot lose any of these files. 

I've tried following directions which I've found online, but when I right click on the Dropbox icon in File Explorer, I see "request files", which is not what I expected to see.

[Hannah]

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.