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I recently replaced my hard drive and was trying to use One Drive as a back up ONLY, but I have noticed numerous files being deleted by ONE DRIVE and I can't find or access them - what gives???
The files are NOT in the recycle bin or in ONE DRIVE either. Many of these files are Music and many of my local files are now showing they are in process of backup, but it is taking FOREVER
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After doing a Windows Update or something I 'noticed' all my files had been deleted from my computer and replaced with file folder links to OneDr ive (that took me a while to figure out after the playing dumb 'Advocate' said OneDrive didn't delete files. Of course there are hundreds and hundreds of comments and questions by people in the Microsoft 'Community' (ripped off and bamboozled customers) Board going into detail how this is exactly what happened to their files. In my case I am finding dozens of files with a red x beside them, one of which is my fathers obitiuary which when I click on says no file there. Sure 'Advocate' I deleted that one. I didn't delete a damn thing you b.stards it was all your Malware/Ransomeware OneDrive. What use is the 'free' 5Gb when my hardrive is 265 Gb in size. Do I have to go through 20,000 files from the last 25 years to see what you deleted? And dont make up another lie about 3rd party software or policy? What policy what are you saying,?
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It's funny they call it a backup, then OneDrive would suddenly delete all files in your local storage and turn them into shortcuts. lmao They have not considered that not all devices have 24/7 internet access. This is a major flaw of OneDrive. Not even your source code files are safe from it, and some of your programs won't work properly because the files they need are now shortcuts or in the cloud. It's the stupidest feature of OneDrive.
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And MS OneDrive deletes all synchronized FILES!!!!!! That is ugly! If i chose to deselect any folder from OneDrive (MS you are ugliest ever!!!) then this piece of an icecream app deletes all the files from my PC!!!!!!!! And there is no!!! MFB!!!!! options to undo or configure somehow that kind of piece of shi!!!!!!
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Totally Igree with you. I got bought an expensive computer with a lot of space on my SD disk, I thought I was saving on it but NO, it was saving on ONE DRIVE.... I erased it because I Didn't need it as you, but it erased all my documents, I didn´t know my documents were not on my disk...... SO AWFUL Microsofts... You should ask people if they want or not to sync documents with one drive an explain what does that... Doing it by default, is like not gentle with people that is used to traditional microsoft...
I bet a milenial was behind this BIG idea... Not thinking at all in people that doesnt want complicated stuff.
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What about Microsofts code of conduct, OneDrive does delete files from peoples computers when they had plenty of space still on their hard drive and replaces them with a screwy link to their files on OneDrive. Stop LYING about doing this.
Its all about money and trying to get people to subscribe to an unnecessary service with your free 5 gb when they have a 250 hard drive on their pc. This is malware and ransomware. Who gave you permission to remove my files from my pc. Also who gave you permission to record my credit card info and name I have never purchased anything online with Microsoft. Your entire product is obviously spyware, malware and ransomware admit it. New World Order Globalist Spooks.
Actuallly it shouldnt say their files on OneDrive but their stolen files on OneDrive. FACT.
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The AI generated response is not true. I never synced up my Onedrive, I never configured settings for Onedrive other than to uninstall it from my device. Upon uninstalling the Onedrive folder remains. It is also the default directory for saving any file (again didnt configure that). When I delete the folder, all of the local files that I manually save on my local computer are no longer in their correct directories. I am unable to locate them at all, but as soon as I restore the Onedrive folder all of my files get restored too. Looking at my disk space nothing seems to change. I am about to switch to a Linux OS, Microsoft is just one headache after another with the products they force down our throats!
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I could rant about the annoying nature of this problem happening in the first place but that's been done enough. After lots of scrolling through the internet for answers I stumbled across a solution to my similar problem.
I too was very annoyed to discover when i wasn't able to connect to the internet that I was unable to access most of my files. Ridiculous that this could happent without a VERY clear warning .... but back to the solution.
This might not work for other people but when I was back online I was just looking at the One Drive folders... Pictures, Work etc and when i right clicked on a folder it had the option of "Always keep on this device" There was a transfer moment that didn't take too long, suggesting the files were always somewhere on my computer to begin with, and now there is a copy back on my hard drive.
Hope this fixes the problem for at least some people. If not, can't help you any more, just blind luck I found this out at all.