Windows 10: Can I copy files to a new PCs OneDrive to Save Download TIme?

I need to transfer about 1TB worth of files to a new PC that are on OneDrive and I can't wait for OneDrive to download them. Can I simple copy the files to the new OneDrive folder on the new PC and it will autosync without having to download?

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Download from Onedrive to Save Files on PC

Hi!

I have just moved over 500 GB of picture files from my old PC to a new PC using OneDrive. It took a couple of days for the files to download from OneDrive. They now sit on the OneDrive folder on my new PC - only they don't. Every time I open a picture
file I see a message saying downloading file from OneDrive. If I check the properties of the Pictures Folder within the OneDrive folder it shows I have some 435 GB of 503 GB saved on disk. This suggests that not all parts of the files have been download.

I want to save the files from OneDrive on my C: drive in Pictures folder. What is the best way to do it? Do I Copy or Move the files in the OneDrive folder?

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks, Nick

 

I can't copy old Onedrive files to a new OneDrive folder

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft community forums.



I would suggest you to reset OneDrive and then try copying the files to see if it works.

• Press ‘Windows’
  and ‘R’ keys on the keyboard together to open the run dialog box and copy paste the following into the Run box:
  
  %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset
  
• Open Run window again and copy paste the following:
  
  %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\onedrive.exe /reset
  
• Restart the machine and try copying the files to see if the issue persists.
  

If the issue persists, turn off Files On-Demand feature and try copying. Refer to the article
Save disk space
with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Windows 10, for the same.



Regards,

 

File History & OneDrive on Demand

I know that "files on demand" aren't saved on my computer. However, I still have the following problems:

• After starting a new File History backup from scratch (as suggested in the first response) the majority of my Onedrive , including almost all files that are marked as "Always Keep on this Device" are not backed up.

• Even for files marked as "Files on Demand" - surely File History should be able to back them up anyway? The whole point of a good backup system is that you have copies of files in multiple places (and OneDrive's cloud system only counts as 1). The creation
  of the file history would be download heavy as it copies every file to my backup device, but after that it should only have to download single files as changes are made.