Restoring Box Sync (box.com) using physical media after OS reinstall

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Published on 2014-03-03T20:39:43Z Indexed on 2014/06/06 9:29 UTC
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I have my Box Folder on a different drive ( D: ) than my Operating System Drive ( C: )

I follow these instructions to set the local folder on the second drive. https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200852947-How-Can-I-Change-the-Default-Folder-Location-for-Box-Sync-

I had to format and reinstall Windows 7, leaving the other drive (D: ) untouched. now i reinstalled Box Sync, and directed it to the same location where i already have all my files. However, Box Sync renamed the folder to (Box ([email protected]) ) as a bckup, and is downloading everything again.

As i have like 30Gb of files, and it takes many hour to download them, i just want to use the files that i already have in my local disk. i tried copying all files again to the new local Box Folder, but files started to get duplicated.

Is there any way to avoid downloading everything again each time i reinstall my OS ?

Thanks

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