Windows 10: Can't copy files from my local Onedrive folder to external drive (re-open)...

This is the same problem expressed by other users in the following thread that was closed with no response from Microsoft...


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cant-copy-files-from-my-local-onedrive-folder-to/aada2be5-814e-4115-aec0-f24dad8a26d7


When trying to copy 60GB from local HD synced with OneDrive to external HD with 1TB of free space, I receive an error message...


There is not enough space on XXXXXX. You need an additional 53.1 GB to copy these files.





This problem is reported is many places across the web, with no apparent solution.


Is there a response or solution from Microsoft?

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Can't copy files from my local Onedrive folder to external drive...

Hi there,

When trying to copy files from my local Onedrive folder to an external drive I keep getting this error:

"There is not enough free space on Local Disk. You need an additional 261 GB to copy these files"

Anyone had this problem before? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

OneDrive files not accessible on my local drive

Hello.

I am trying to repurpose my wife's old all-in-one for our middle schooler. I am trying to copy the files from her OneDrive to an external hard drive. OneDrive went through the whole copy process and didn't copy a single file directly to the external drive.

So I highlighted the OneDrive contents, hit copy, then hit paste into her local Documents folder, and it seemed to copy them all ok.

However, now that they are local to the hard drive, when I try to move them to the external drive, it says "Can't read from the source file or disk". EVERY file is like this.

What am I doing wrong?

 

Cannot copy files from external drive

Hi,

Thank you for replying back to us.

1. Did you try to create a new user account and try to copy the files from your external drive to your computer?
   
2. What is the location that you are trying to past the file? For example, are you pasting the files from your external drive to your Desktop, Documents, or somewhere else?
   
3. Are you able to copy the same files from the external drive to the some other PC?
   
4. Are the files write protected on your external drive?
   

Meanwhile, try the below troubleshooting steps.

Step 1: Go to the destination folder on your computer, where you are trying to copy the files from your external drive. Let’s create a
New Folder on your desktop.

Step 2: Double click on New Folder from your desktop and
Right Click on some blank space and click on Properties
and go to General tab.

Step 3: Under Attributes, completely uncheck the
Read-only option. (The box should be blank, check it again if it has a checkmark or a small square inside it).

Step 3: Click on Apply and
OK.

Step 4: Now, open one of the files on your external drive and do the same, i.e.,
Right Click on a file (NOT THE FOLDER) >
Properties > General and under Attributes, uncheck
Read-only option.

Step 5: Click on Apply and
OK.

Now, see if you are able to copy this file from your external drive to your computer.

Hope it helps.