Questions on Sync and what should I do with one drive after a re-install?
My WIN 11 home laptop comes with Office 365 and OneDrive was set up with the default folders (documents, pictures and desktop). I have a local folder on my C drive (c:mydata) which I want to backup to Onedrive. I copied c:mydata to my OneDrive-personal. Under Windows Explorer, I can see
OneDrive -personal
– Documents
-Pictures
-Desktop
-mydata
and on local, OS(C:)
-mydata
Most of the time, I updated the files under C:mydata. This way, if I lose my network connection, I can continue to work with the updates on C:mydata. Whatever update I did showed up on OneDrive-personalmydata sometime later. I am a casual user. I did not check the delay and did not think much about it. From my experience, I know the updates showed up at least a few hours later. However, I don’t believe this is right because if I use OneDrive as my backup my local update should go to OneDrive immediately otherwise any update will be lost before the sync happens.
My questions are
1. Am I doing things wrong all along? Should I update OneDrive -personalmydat first and wait for the sync to update my local C:mydata?
2. If I have to work on C:mydata because there is no network connection, how can I force a sync to OneDrive as soon as the network is back?
Last week, I got BSOD on my laptop. I had to recover with a re-install. I picked the keep file and data option. After the re-install, I can see
OneDrive -personal
– Documents
-Pictures
-Desktop
-mydata
But I am not sure how current is mydata? I should only be up to the point of the last Sync. Is there anyway to tell when did the last sync happened?
Since I picked save file and data during recovery re-insatll, is there anything I need to do to OneDrive setup after the re-install?
My WIN 11 home laptop comes with Office 365 and OneDrive was set up with the default folders (documents, pictures and desktop). I have a local folder on my C drive (c:mydata) which I want to backup to Onedrive. I copied c:mydata to my OneDrive-personal. Under Windows Explorer, I can seeOneDrive -personal- Documents-Pictures-Desktop-mydataand on local, OS(C:)-mydataMost of the time, I updated the files under C:mydata. This way, if I lose my network connection, I can continue to work with the updates on C:mydata. Whatever update I did showed up on OneDrive-personalmydata sometime later. I am a casual user. I did not check the delay and did not think much about it. From my experience, I know the updates showed up at least a few hours later. However, I don’t believe this is right because if I use OneDrive as my backup my local update should go to OneDrive immediately otherwise any update will be lost before the sync happens.My questions are1. Am I doing things wrong all along? Should I update OneDrive -personalmydat first and wait for the sync to update my local C:mydata? 2. If I have to work on C:mydata because there is no network connection, how can I force a sync to OneDrive as soon as the network is back?Last week, I got BSOD on my laptop. I had to recover with a re-install. I picked the keep file and data option. After the re-install, I can see OneDrive -personal- Documents-Pictures-Desktop-mydataBut I am not sure how current is mydata? I should only be up to the point of the last Sync. Is there anyway to tell when did the last sync happened?Since I picked save file and data during recovery re-insatll, is there anything I need to do to OneDrive setup after the re-install? Read More
