Windows 10: I am uploading my files from laptop hard drive to Onedrive. If i interrupt the uploading...

I am uploading my files from laptop hard drive to Onedrive. If i interrupt the uploading and shutdown my laptop? will the uploading resume the next time i restart my laptop?

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Uploading files from external drive to OneDrive

I have about 200 GB of files on an external hard drive I want to upload to Onedrive. I can't just copy them to my OneDrive folder as I don't have the room on my main hard drive. Ideally I don't want to do it through a browser as when files are uploaded in
such large batches through a browser it tends to be unreliable, and if it gets stuck a) time is wasted and b) I have to go through every file on OneDrive to make sure it uploaded properly.

Is there any way I can sync the files through the OneDrive app on my PC without having the space to copy them to my main hard drive? Not being able to do this seems to partially defeats the purpose of using cloud storage.

If not, any alternative suggestions would be welcome.

 

Uploading of files

Hi Amanda,

To better assist you, we appreciate if you can answer the following questions:

• Are you uploading your files to OneDrive using a computer or mobile phone?
• Are you using a browser or OneDrive app to upload the files?

For the meantime, you can check the article:
Fix problems uploading files on the OneDrive website and
Upload photos and files to OneDrive. The two articles contain steps that you can perform to help you upload your files.

Looking forward to your response.

 

How best to get 150 GB uploaded to OneDrive.

I was in a similar situation. This method worked for me but the caveat is you need sufficient hard drive space.

1. Setup the files/folders in a folder (not onedrive) lets call it temp for uploading. Break them into groups of files that make sense and you can work with easily. Setup a second folder, lets call that completed uploads
2. Setup the onedrive client to sync the local onedrive folder to the cloud
3. Copy a small group of the files from the temp folder into the onedrive folder
4. Monitor onedrive it should upload over time in the background
5. Once uploaded move the completed files from the temp folder into the completed folder
6. Repeat these steps
7. Once everything has gradually moved into onedrive delete the temp and completed folders that are local on your hard drive, leaving the migrated files in the onedrive folder (and synced).

Depending on your network and internet connection speeds this can take a while but is a method you can just leave doing its thing.