Onedrive madness

[frase]

Another ScumDrive issue as can be seen via the image, I am trying to copy the current users one drive to a seperate drive before unlinking.
The warning comes up, though the destination drive is 1TB free, have tried on another drive as well same issue.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

What size is the host OS volume? And is that "13 gigs free"...correct...of the host OS volume?
And...how much content does OneDrive have store up in the tenant?

 

[frase]

What size is the host OS volume? And is that "13 gigs free"...correct...of the host OS volume?
And...how much content does OneDrive have store up in the tenant?

Host drive is 250GB (has 11GB Free) - Destination is 1TB (ALL FREE).
Unsure of the Onedrive data exactly, though is above 100GB so is taking up a lot of space.

Would it be due to the Onedrive still synching data, as in to disable that initially via Setting>Manage Backup or whatever it is called.

 

[fincoder]

Probably because much of the OneDrive data isn't currently stored locally, so it has to sync it all on demand (to the C: drive) to be able to copy it elsewhere.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

250 gig OS volume....11 free...and the OneDrive content is...greater than that.

Even though your "destination drive" might be an external 1TB drive with oodles free, the way "sync clients" work is..they pull the files locally FIRST...if files were set to "free up space" or "keep in the cloud" (one drive calls it FILES ON DEMAND) And then..they'll copy to the ..destination drive...your external.

So...you'll have to break this down into much smaller chunks...don't "pull down" more files than your free space allows.

This isn't "OneDrives fault". It's just the logic of sync clients, and...basic math (space)

 

[britechguy]

A couple of questions:

1. Is the M365 subscription being terminated? If not, what's the reason for doing what you're doing.

2. Is the data being copied to local storage set to always be on the machine? If there is a ton of data and any internet instability (whether due to wifi or otherwise) that can be problematic when everything has to be streamed down.

3. Is there more data in the cloud storage than is available on the computer's main OS drive, even though you're copying to an external drive? This can cause problems because OneDrive does use the system drive as "the waystation" and if there's too much for everything to fit, it can cause issues.

 

[britechguy]

@YeOldeStonecat

Your point was a far more detailed explanation of what I was typing as my point #3, and it came in when I was typing it.

 

[britechguy]

I have no idea as I don't use Microsoft "Spydrive"

Well, given that OneDrive is (or can be, as it requires specific actions on the user's side) HIPAA compliant, it's way more than a tiny stretch to call it SpyDrive.

Is Microsoft OneDrive HIPAA compliant?

This makes about as much sense as saying, "Windows spies on you."

In the age of cloud computing, and we're well into that age, it's pretty clear that if the businesses that hold data for other businesses were spying they'd be out of the cloud computing business in very short order indeed.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Everything you store in your 365 tenant is encrypted in BitLocker up there.

 

[britechguy]

Everything you store in your 365 tenant is encrypted in BitLocker up there.

This ^^ too.

I'd think that IT professionals would have the fewest irrational fears about cloud storage providers.

 

[frase]

Ok so I will view online files then download

250 gig OS volume....11 free...and the OneDrive content is...greater than that.

Even though your "destination drive" might be an external 1TB drive with oodles free, the way "sync clients" work is..they pull the files locally FIRST...if files were set to "free up space" or "keep in the cloud" (one drive calls it FILES ON DEMAND) And then..they'll copy to the ..destination drive...your external.

So...you'll have to break this down into much smaller chunks...don't "pull down" more files than your free space allows.

This isn't "OneDrives fault". It's just the logic of sync clients, and...basic math (space)

Ok so I will connect to the online account to view files/folders then download to the other drive as I go.
Then unlink the system and dk/uninstall OneDrive as the user does not require it on this specific system.

 

[GTP]

Well, given that OneDrive is (or can be, as it requires specific actions on the user's side) HIPAA compliant, it's way more than a tiny stretch to call it SpyDrive.

It could come with Fort Knox "locks," 10 certificates of assurance and a big bag of "Minties" and I still wouldn't use it!

 

[britechguy]

It could come with Fort Knox "locks," 10 certificates of assurance and a big bag of "Minties" and I still wouldn't use it!

Which is irrelevant to the comment you made and the objection I raised.

I don't give a damn whether anyone uses any of these products, or not. I do care when those in a profession that should know better toss about baseless accusations, which you did. It's unprofessional.

 

[frase]

A couple of questions:

1. Is the M365 subscription being terminated? If not, what's the reason for doing what you're doing.

2. Is the data being copied to local storage set to always be on the machine? If there is a ton of data and any internet instability (whether due to wifi or otherwise) that can be problematic when everything has to be streamed down.

3. Is there more data in the cloud storage than is available on the computer's main OS drive, even though you're copying to an external drive? This can cause problems because OneDrive does use the system drive as "the waystation" and if there's too much for everything to fit, it can cause issues.

1. NO

2. There is limited storage locally and is taking up space. The client does not use OneDrive one of those must have logged in at some point situations.

3. Unsure.

 

[britechguy]

@frase

Since the answer to #1 is, "No," why not do the easy (and logical) thing and reset any folders containing data that need not be available offline to "Free up Space" status to return it to cloud only, and make sure that Storage Sense is on and running monthly, with content to be put back into "Online Only" status if it's not been accessed 14 days instead of the default 30. Then force a run of Storage Sense immediately after tweaking settings.

 

[callthatgirl]

Might be ghosts in the machine. If OD is not connected, that data might not copy over esp if it was 1TB of cloud data.