Portable Dropbox/Google Drive

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Solution 1

The beta version (v1.6.8.14) works with the more recent versions of Dropbox.

Solution 2

A little off topic, but if you are storing "sensitive" information you should consider encrypting your data locally before floating it up to the cloud. TrueCrypt is a popular cross platform solution...

Or, you can just use a "cloud drive" service that is configurable (ie: you can control which files and folders sync, not just a dumb "drive" folder in your profile) and has client-side encryption built in. I've had great success with SpiderOak - 2GB for free + more for referrals.

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Mr. Alien

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Mr. Alien almost 2 years

I am planning to buy a new external harddisk, which will hold my project files using XAMPP Portable, my contacts, documents etc, as this thing is dealing with sensitive data, and I cannot rely on a single backup, I thought to sync with Dropbox/Google Drive, but I don't see any way to install these apps on an external drive.

I searched on Google but didn't found any help related to this, is there anyway I can make Dropbox/Google Drive portable?

As commented, I don't want the backups to be manual, as soon as I attach the drive with the PC, I want something that will be installed on my external drive, and as soon as I execute the application from that drive, it should sync the folders assigned to be synced with the cloud storage service. Because I can use this drive on any machine.
- Doktoro Reichard almost 11 years
  
  You can access them both using a simple browser and do the backups yourself... Can you expand more on what are you doing?
- Mr. Alien almost 11 years
  
  @DoktoroReichard Updated my question :)
- Doktoro Reichard almost 11 years
  
  Thanks, much clearer. Any particular OS?
- Mr. Alien almost 11 years
  
  @DoktoroReichard Only Windows 7 and higher ...
- Doktoro Reichard almost 11 years
  
  I found this maybe it will help with your specific problem. This may also help.
- Mr. Alien almost 11 years
  
  @DoktoroReichard the first link which you've provided is to sync the projects I've hosted online, other I will check out soon :) thanks again
- Mr. Alien almost 11 years
  
  @DoktoroReichard sure, am constantly researching on this topic...
- martineau almost 11 years
  
  There's something called DropboxPortableAHK.
- nixda almost 11 years
  
  @martineau You should post this as a full answer. Please include the reason why this (and all other) portable version have to stick with version 1.1.45. I am now using this software for many years without any problems. You can even run multiple portable dropbox applications at once
- nixda almost 11 years
  
  @Mr.Alien DropboxAHK is perfect for your situation. I have the exact same setup with my external USB drive which I connect & sync at work and home
- Mr. Alien almost 11 years
  
  @nixda wait for few mins, will try, if it does what I want, I will let you know, please post it as an answer later and I will accept if it does the job :) thanks
- Mr. Alien almost 11 years
  
  @martineau sorry, didn't saw it was you who suggested :)
- Mr. Alien over 10 years
  
  @martineau I used that, but didn't quiet get it working, as installation seems weird, also it is not well documented, also I don't think its secure as it installs a dropbox copy on the local, so I don't want if it leaves any file on any pc, as I mentioned, am dealing with sensitive data here
- martineau over 10 years
  
  @Mr.Alien: I'm not surprised -- as the whole approach seemed somewhat fragile, IMO. There are a few others out there, PortableApps for example looks promising.