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GabDun
Explorer | Level 4
8 months ago

Move Dropbox from C:// drive to D:// drive.

In order o work more comfortably,  I would like to release C:// drive from Dropbox sync and instead starting using drive D://. Which the process path ? 1/ Unsync 2/ Uninstall DB 3/ Reinstal...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    8 months ago

    Hey GabDun, I see, thanks for the info! 

     

    I would personally rename the Dropbox folder in the 😧 drive to something irrelevant, and then start the process again.

     

    Once everything is complete, you can then remove the old Dropbox folder, and keep the current one. 

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Megan
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Hi there, GabDun, welcome to our Community! 

 

You can move your Dropbox folder from your C to your D drive, by following the steps mentioned in this Help Center article. 

 

If you need any help, I'm here!

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GabDun
Explorer | Level 4
8 months ago

Hi Megan,

Thank you for your feedback.

 

Actually it works fine, at least it started copying the content from C:// to D:// properly. Unfortunately the copy was taking hours and, at a certain point of time, the PC felt asleep or turned on Stdand-by or the connection was disrupted at about 50% of the transfer process time.

 

The challenge is that I am (Dropbox is) till using the  old C://user/xxx/ drive as reference ... and I already modified & add a couple of files since the hold/stop event. :-S

 

Last night, I tried to re-launched the same process (Dropbox App> Account> Preferences> Sync>Move ... but this time I am receiving an error message "This folder already contains a Dropbox directory" ... 😕

But the things is that D:// is not fully filled with content... I can only find the folders and few files "not in sync".

 

Question: How I can re-start/complete the transfer operation?

 

Thx

 

Gabriel

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    8 months ago

    Hey GabDun, I see, thanks for the info! 

     

    I would personally rename the Dropbox folder in the 😧 drive to something irrelevant, and then start the process again.

     

    Once everything is complete, you can then remove the old Dropbox folder, and keep the current one. 

    • GabDun's avatar
      GabDun
      Explorer | Level 4
      8 months ago

      Thx Megan and Rich,

      The migration went well and I can now have access to the new "D://Dropbox" location.

      Prudent I haven't deleted the "D://Dropbox_OLD" folder.

       

      The reason is that I still see an active copy of all my content in the C://User/removed/Dropbox drive (?)

       

      What shall I do to ensure that the C:// drive can be smartly released from all those files, eliminate redundancy of location?

       

      (I will proceed with deleting "Dropbox_OLD" on the nes D:// drive only at the end of the process.

       

      Thx for your advise.

       

      Gabriel

       

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
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        8 months ago

        Hi GabDun, if you checked the app's preferences, and made sure that the Dropbox folder location is in your D drive, plus not seeing any syncing icons in your C: drive, then I think you're safe to delete the folder there.

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