Did i lose my files?
so i’ve been using dropbox to backup my files for a long time now, but i wanted to use a thumb drive to transfer between computers easily so i can write in bed sometimes. i got myself a thumb drive for that so i could have that as well as dropbox as a backup.
only problem is, while one file transferred successfully (i have now transferred it back to dropbox as well as copied and pasted immediate chapters just as a precaution in case my only surviving file got corrupted in retransfer), all of the others will not open whatsoever, only giving me a small window saying i cant access the project. and despite me only copying these files to the thumb drive, i cant open my dropbox backups either.
are those files corrupted for good? i never transferred those files, i only saved my main project as a test (stupid, i know, but at the time i thought my backups would survive since they were on a separate cloud) is there any way to get them back?
i dont even want to use these stupid thumb drives anymore lmfao, i just want to make sure my files are okay. thankfully i only had two other ongoing projects, one of which was merely notes while the other i actually saved as a pdf to share with a friend, while the others were already finished projects that i have posted elsewhere. only thing is i’d really like to have the original files back if possible.
so, are they just gone for good? or is there an fix to this. i am never using an external drive for my projects again lol. im just glad my biggest project survived
edit: i found all my OG files! turns out my backups were being saved to my computer, not dropbox like i thought. while my dropbox backups are corrupted, my computer ones are completely fine. thanks for the help :]
still never using an external drive for this ever again