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Unable to restore Dropbox Backup on wiped hard drive
A couple of weeks ago, I made a back-up of all my files using the Dropbox Backup service. When I did this, all of the files were successfully synced, and the backup was complete. Last week, my comput...
In this case, you should be able to download your files in the Dropbox Backup by downloading them in batches, since the zip files are too large as you discovered.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi davidgeerts, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you not able to restore the Dropbox Backup using the following steps in this article?
This will help me to assist further!
Hi Jay,
No, unfortunately that doesn't work. It did not prompt me to restore from my backup after I installed Dropbox again on my reinstalled computer. I can also not see boxes to check next to folders I would like to download, I only see my backup listed on the Dropbox Backup page but cannot see details or select anything. It's also not deleted, as I can see it's there, albeit with 'folder issues', so it's not in my deleted files.
I hope this helps to resolve the issues and get my backup back.
Thanks!
David
- Jay
Thanks for the info, in order to look into this matter in more detail, I'd recommend contacting the support team directly for them to investigate further.
Hi Jay,
I did, and they were unable to help me. As this was a dead-end, I am trying to see if I could get any help here. This seems to be my last resort to get my files back. Surely, it should be possible to get my files as I can still see them listed in my backup page?
