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IanG1
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
DropBox backup plan, but I want to select multiple drives.
I am interested in buying the backup 2Tb subscription for my desktop which has two hard drives in it. It says to just select the drive you want to back up. Do all the files have to be on one drive an...
- 2 years ago
Thanks Nancy, it is becoming clearer. I didn't know if when Dropbox created that folder it had to reserve the space at that point in time. As I have c 1.7Tb of data it would be physically impossible to create a second folder big enough to match that on a 2Tb drive.
I assume the Dropbox folder provides the logical boundary for the data in it and when I load stuff into it the content of the Dropbox folder increases logically but doesn't increase the overall space required on the hard drive.
So my order of work seems to be:
Turn the two logical drives on my main 2Tb hard drive into one by temporarily clearing the logical drive I am going to get rid of and store that on other drives
Turn the whole hard drive into a single partition
Load the files already on that drive inc Outlook files into the Dropbox folder
Add back the other files I want backing up that have been temporarily stored where back into the Dropbox folder.
That way Dropbox will be backing up the 1.7Tb currently on on my main drives.
Does that sound correct?
Thanks
Ian
Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hi Ian, I hope it’s OK if I jump in.
Just like Rich mentioned, when the Dropbox app automatically creates the local Dropbox folder on your computer, you’ll need to manually move any files you want to sync to Dropbox within the same folder (it’s not possible to set another folder on your computer for this function).
If the Dropbox plan you select offers 2TB of space, then you can add up to 2TB worth of data within the local Dropbox folder and sync it to your Dropbox account.
I hope this clarifies things, but if I’ve misunderstood something, let me know!
IanG1
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Thanks Nancy, it is becoming clearer. I didn't know if when Dropbox created that folder it had to reserve the space at that point in time. As I have c 1.7Tb of data it would be physically impossible to create a second folder big enough to match that on a 2Tb drive.
I assume the Dropbox folder provides the logical boundary for the data in it and when I load stuff into it the content of the Dropbox folder increases logically but doesn't increase the overall space required on the hard drive.
So my order of work seems to be:
Turn the two logical drives on my main 2Tb hard drive into one by temporarily clearing the logical drive I am going to get rid of and store that on other drives
Turn the whole hard drive into a single partition
Load the files already on that drive inc Outlook files into the Dropbox folder
Add back the other files I want backing up that have been temporarily stored where back into the Dropbox folder.
That way Dropbox will be backing up the 1.7Tb currently on on my main drives.
Does that sound correct?
Thanks
Ian
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