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Todd7
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3 months ago

I'm changing computer, how can I use the same external drive for my backup?

I'm getting ready to buy a new laptop and my dropbox backup location is actually an external hard drive which is connected to my current laptop.  I can obviously just plug in the external hard drive ...
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Todd7
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Yes Jay  - my dropbox folder is located on an external hard-drive connected to the e: drive of my laptop.  I will be moving from Windows 10 Pro in my old computer (laptop) to Windows 11 Home edition on my new laptop.  Thanks - Todd

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Hannah
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3 months ago

Hey Todd7, thanks for the update here.

 

In that case, as long as the external drive is connected to the new laptop before you install the Dropbox app on it, you should be able to choose the drive as the location of your Dropbox folder, during the installation process, from the "advanced settings".

 

Let us know how it goes.

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