Windows 10: OneDrive consuming my hard drive and won't let me delete things.

Discus and support OneDrive consuming my hard drive and won't let me delete things. in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Long story short, OneDrive copies my documents folder where all the primary files for the games I play are stored and then stores a second local copy.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by NathanWood2, Feb 23, 2020.

  1. NATHANWOOD2
    NathanWood2 Win User

    OneDrive consuming my hard drive and won't let me delete things.


    Long story short, OneDrive copies my documents folder where all the primary files for the games I play are stored and then stores a second local copy. The OneDrive copy; whose files I do notneed, is consuming 59 gbs and counting. I tried deleting the unneeded content of this folder and OneDrivepurged the other my documents folder. I then had to go in and get OneDrive to restore everything and wait for ages to get my game content back. How do I stop OneDrive from force deleting anything I remove from its copy? I don't need it to have secondary storage on those folders but OneDrive deletes my original files if I try and delete those. What am I supposed to do here?

    :)
     
    NathanWood2, Feb 23, 2020
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  2. HELPASNEEDED
    HelpAsNeeded Win User

    Can't delete hard drive folders & files from onedrive folder

    Can't delete hard drive folders & files from onedrive folder

    My onedrive folder is synced on my hard drive. I can delete folders & files from the web but the files are neither automatically deleted--synchronized--with my hard drive nor can I manually delete them from the hard drive. What am I
    missing?
     
    HelpAsNeeded, Feb 23, 2020
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  3. SIR B. FANNYBOTTOM
    Sir B. Fannybottom Win User
    Overclock your hard drive!!!

    Heres a much easier hack that I realized quite a few years ago that really does work!

    REQUIREMENTS:
    • Hard drive with molex power connection.
    • PSU with more than 1 strand that has molex plugs on it.
    • Wire strippers, soldering iron if you're fancy, electrical tape if you're not.
    STEPS:
    • Take the strand of connectors from your PSU, and decide which one will be the donator for this overclocking adventure.
    • Cut the yellow and orange cables, then twist them together.
    • Find the power connector you've chosen as the overclocking connector, and release the orange cable from the connector. Now use your preferred method to bind them together, then place it back together.
    • Plug in a drive and feel the speed!
    Congratulations! You've just overclocked your hard drive!
     
    Sir B. Fannybottom, Feb 23, 2020
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  4. TOPS
    tops Win User

    OneDrive consuming my hard drive and won't let me delete things.

    Skype won´t wok in 17063


    Skype Won´t work... games won´t work...

    Making backup and re-format...

    Maybe I Install a Windows 7 again, At least, all of my games run smoothly ...Sadness!!

    *Banghead
     
    tops, Feb 23, 2020
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