
Once you sign into your OneDrive account on the new computer, it will sync your OneDrive and won't overwrite anything as there's nothing on the new profile.
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My local HDD & SSD laptop folders for desktop, photos, and docs are missing due to an upgrade to windows 11 and the automatic sync to onedrive due to the settings that I have on a different desktop computer.
Is there a way to recover my local folders (without having a microsoft paid service account or anything) to before the new operating system was installed and without onedrive automatically trying to rewrite my folder structure due to my set up for a completely different computer?
Once you sign into your OneDrive account on the new computer, it will sync your OneDrive and won't overwrite anything as there's nothing on the new profile.
Hi @Paige W
Please sign into OneDrive online to check whether these files are lost.Here is an article: Restore your OneDrive, you may have a look.'
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