Technically, you can move your Dropbox folder to an external drive. This helps Dropbox find your Dropbox folder as soon as you launch the Dropbox app (or when the app launches automatically on boot-up). This is because your operating system connects to these drives when you boot your computer. Use Internal DrivesĪlways try and use internal drives to store your Dropbox folder. The following explains what drives you should and shouldn’t use with the Dropbox app.
Unlike normal folders, moving the Dropbox folder to just about any storage device can cause issues.