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Tommy Q.'s avatar
Tommy Q.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Sync with a network drive

Hi,

I have an external drive connected to my router which appears in the network as \10.50.1.1\Name
How do I sync my dropbox file to a location there? when I try to move the directory over there, I get a message that this is a network drive.

Thanks,
Tommy

  • Dropbox doesn't support network locations due to issues that have come up before.

  • Tommy Q.'s avatar
    Tommy Q.
    New member | Level 1

    Thanks for that.
    Do you have any idea or a workaround on how to implement that (except from connecting the external drive to physical PC)?

  • Richard P.'s avatar
    Richard P.
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    I'm afraid I can't suggest anything because the chance of data loss is quite high.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    I would be helpful if drop box synced away from the hard drive.

    But that's not what it's intended use is. The entire point of Dropbox is to sync the files that are on your hard drive to your account online or other devices. It is not a cloud-based folder/drive or a way to increase the storage space on your system. It is a file sync utility.

  • Richard P.'s avatar
    Richard P.
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    Actually, Joseph, it was a change made in response to a boat load of feed back from users who wanted it moved there.

    Cant please them all.....

  • Aron T.'s avatar
    Aron T.
    New member | Level 1

    Hi guys, it is slightly off topic, but I am getting desperate, so please forgive me:

    1) DB does not allow me to install the FOLDER under my account on a (university) network drive, so I have to put it on C:. ("Target folder is on a network media")

    2) DB does install the PROGRAM under my account on the (university) network drive, there is no other option, I cannot install it on C: of my office computer. 

    As a result, when I log on to a different computer on campus, DB program installed on the network drive will find no folder on the C: drive of that computer, and therefore I presume will synch this and delete my DB folder! An utter disaster...

    Question: how can I get DB to install the PROGRAM on C:? (I know there is a work around to install the FOLDER on the network drive, but it is far too complicated for me, I don't have administrator rights, etc...)

    Many thanks and I'm sorry again!

  • maestrogarry's avatar
    maestrogarry
    New member | Level 2

    I used KrojamSoft SyncFile for synchronising. Its a simple and best software for synchronising.

     

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