Two Dropbox folders in one computer

Question

I have a Dropbox account and want to store folders on two different drives, and have them both backed up etc by Dropbox. How can I do that?

Answer 1

You can try to "cheat" the system by using Junction Points in NTFS.

1. Install Dropbox, following the full setup including your account
2. Exit Dropbox (right-click the icon in the system tray and click Exit)
3. Open an Administrative Command Prompt (Start->type cmd->right-click the top entry and click Run as Administrator and select Yes)
4. Type the following command: mklink /J %USERPROFILE%\Dropbox\Foldername X:\Foldername and press Enter
5. Repeat the above command for any other folders, replacing the Foldername with the name you want to use, and X:\Foldername with the current folder
6. Relaunch Dropbox

Junction points will basically make another pointer to the directory, usually transparent to most programs