Thanks!
It was probably so that you couldn’t connect the same folder to 2 OneDrive Accounts.
As you say back up on a separate hard drive. I have to buy one bigger.
As it is I have one 250 GB SSD for Windows system and programs and one 1 TB for documents, photos and so on. Then I have two "left over" disks, one 500 GB and a 250 GB.
I have now backed up on these two with FreeFileSync. And physically disconnected them. Then I intend to do another try on a OneDrive account and sync the discs. Probably have to make the RAID and redo the backup in a designated OneDrive Folder.
Considering my previous sloppy backup regime once a week or even once month will be a great improvement. Its only for private use.
I’m not sure how OneDrive works, I sync my backup drives, log out and physically disconnect the drives. Then the next time I want to backup I connect the drives don’t open OneDrive program, and update the backup on the drives with e.g. FreeFileSync. Then I open the OneDrive program and sync. But will the disks take precedence, i.e. deleted files on them will be deleted on OneDrive? And not written back to the drive.
I suppose even if OneDrive isn’t started the folder designated as OneDrive will make some log that communicate with OneDrive?
Suppose this will be a trial and error experience. :-)
I’m afraid om the “Unlink this PC”, will everything have to be done all over again on new link connection. :-)
I don’t want to do fresh upload of everything, just to upload 280 GB raw photo did take days on 10-12 mbps.
My planned scenario is:
Ordinary almost all data on the PC is duplicated on OneDrive and selected stuff can be synced on e.g. Surface 3 and reached on any phone, tablet and so on.
Then I backup to separate hard drives that are synced with another OneDrive account. These drives are then physically separated from the ordinary use. All in all, the data is stored in 4 different places.
Original questioner
09-01-2017 10:09 AM