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bpotenza
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Large Upload too slow

Hi all, I have 1 TB of data in a folder with many many sub-folders and files all residing on an external USB hard drive. I want to upload it to my 3 TB Dropbox account.  I have started the upload us...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago

    Make sure you have set it to unlimited uploads in the Dropbox software and then just wait. 

     

    It'll get faster once all of the small files are uploaded as the overheads on those is huge

Mark's avatar
Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago

Make sure you have set it to unlimited uploads in the Dropbox software and then just wait. 

 

It'll get faster once all of the small files are uploaded as the overheads on those is huge

  • bpotenza's avatar
    bpotenza
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Thanks Mark, where is this setting? Don't see it in my preferences.

     

     

    • goldengate's avatar
      goldengate
      New member | Level 2
      11 months ago

      Also make sure you uninstall the KILLER ethernet driver / app suite if you have a Dell. That slowed my uploads to a crawl and it took me days to figure out what was happening.

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