Windows 10: Why do I need to pay for more storage than I have on my laptop?

Discus and support Why do I need to pay for more storage than I have on my laptop? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Syncing my device to OneDrive is the default option suggested by Microsoft at setup (it's an HP laptop running Windows 10). I am not especially... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by NikMyers, Feb 20, 2019.

  1. NikMyers Win User

    Why do I need to pay for more storage than I have on my laptop?


    Syncing my device to OneDrive is the default option suggested by Microsoft at setup (it's an HP laptop running Windows 10). I am not especially tech-savvy, and the option was framed in a way that described OneDrive as protecting my files, and implied that they would be backed up there. Only six months later OneDrive is full, and it is asking me to pay for extra storage. It turns out that my files are saved on OneDrive rather than my device, and simply stopping OneDrive from "backing up" my files results in my losing access to them.


    I do not store videos or music on my device, the only large items are photos. I haven't even got a lot of those! Apparently uploading six months worth of pictures from my phone onto my laptop is too much for poor little OneDrive to manage, unless I pay one of the largest corporations in the world extra in order to have access to the amount of storage that my laptop comes with anyway.


    Looking for a solution to this problem led me to discover that I am not the only one who has dealt with this issue, but the Microsoft support website was extremely unhelpful, repeatedly directing me to pages which told me how to sync folders to OneDrive or save documents to it, the exact opposite of what I am trying to do. I eventually worked out how to stop OneDrive syncing my Pictures folder, copied all files from there onto an external harddrive, deleted them from OneDrive, stopped the folder from syncing, and copied them back into the folder. I have no idea if this will actually work.


    As I said earlier, I'm not good at computers (anything directing me to Command Prompt generally sends me screaming in the opposite direction), so all of this has taken me almost an hour.


    Questions:


    If OneDrive is the default option, why does it come with so little storage?

    Why isn't the limited amount of storage available mentioned on setup?

    Why is there no option to unsync my device and keep my existing files on the device, rather than in the cloud?

    Why is there no page on the Microsoft support website dealing with this issue, as it seems to be relatively common?

    If Microsoft wants to keep all my files in cloud-based storage, why does it expect me to pay for it?

    :)
     
    NikMyers, Feb 20, 2019
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