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 ''lost+found/'' holds files from Dropbox backup that was running from 2020 through maybe 2023?  The Dropbox directory was corrupted or something, and lost+found is the dir where ext4 filesystems put recovered files.  If I recall correctly, it holds very roughly 700GB of files, in many arbitrarily-named subdirs.   ''lost+found/'' holds files from Dropbox backup that was running from 2020 through maybe 2023?  The Dropbox directory was corrupted or something, and lost+found is the dir where ext4 filesystems put recovered files.  If I recall correctly, it holds very roughly 700GB of files, in many arbitrarily-named subdirs.  
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 +My plan is to keep the ''lost+found'' dir and its data the way it is currently, at least until the new Dropbox backup I began running today on a new 2TB HDD has completed (in who knows how many days or weeks).  Perhaps I'll just keep it forever, as a partial second backup.  
  
 Used regex that lists the top level directories and their subdirectories, excluding hidden ones.   Used regex that lists the top level directories and their subdirectories, excluding hidden ones.  
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