As of now, Microsoft OneDrive does not natively support installing or syncing to two different drives simultaneously on the same machine. OneDrive is designed to sync with a single local directory, which can be located on one specific drive.
However, You can use symbolic links (symlinks) to create a connection between directories on different drives. This way, OneDrive believes it is syncing to a single directory, but the actual data is spread across multiple drives.
Steps:
- Set Up OneDrive on Primary Drive:
- Install OneDrive and set up the sync folder on your primary drive (e.g.,
C:\OneDrive
).
- Install OneDrive and set up the sync folder on your primary drive (e.g.,
- Create a Directory on the Secondary Drive:
- Create a directory on your secondary drive where you want to sync some of your OneDrive data (e.g.,
D:\OneDriveSecondary
).
- Create a directory on your secondary drive where you want to sync some of your OneDrive data (e.g.,
- Create Symbolic Links:
- Use the
mklink
command to create symbolic links for the folders or files you want to sync to the secondary drive.
This command creates a symbolic link namedmklink /d C:\OneDrive\SecondaryFolder D:\OneDriveSecondary
SecondaryFolder
in the OneDrive directory on the primary drive, pointing to the directory on the secondary drive. - Use the
Example:
mklink /d C:\OneDrive\Photos D:\OneDriveSecondary\Photos