Windows 10: If you had to restore your PC, losing all files, would OneDrive also delete them?

So my mum doesn't know her Windows password. It's not a big deal as whenever she turns the PC on, it logs her in without asking for it. Every once in a while it WILL ask for it... but if you restart the machine from the logon screen, it then logs her in again without it.


However it is a slight worry that one day it will make her enter the password to log in, and if her Windows is older than 1803 she won't be able to reset it withoutresetting the machine which, according to Microsoft, "will permanently delete your data, programs, and settings."


She backs up her files to OneDrive. But when you delete a file from the PC, of course it also deletes from OneDrive.


So in the event of a reset deleting ALL files, would OneDrive also delete all files? If so, it's not much good as a backup in this case...!


Thanks

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Unable to restore files deleted from OneDrive

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I have reviewed the information provided by you and I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, I realize how frustrating these things can be.
We at Microsoft prioritize our customers’ satisfaction. I appreciate the time you have taken to work on this issue.

I suggest you to refer the steps from the article
Restore deleted files or folders in OneDrive
to restore the files and check if that helps.

You can also contact the OneDrive support team by following the steps mentioned below:

Sign in to OneDrive.com from any browser, click the ‘?’ help icon on the top banner of the page and select
Email OneDrive support. Submit your question and follow the prompts to request support.

Hope it helps.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Unable to restore files deleted from OneDrive

Good God Microsoft?!

OneDrive is deleting most of my files and gives me no warning or indication. I have to discover they have been deleted. Then I go to the recycle bin, find them, select them and click "restore" and it tells me it is restoring, but progress is null. Forever.

You have written a virus that deletes files costing companies a ton of money. Do you think that is OK? Well it is not!! I suggest everyone move to the MAC immediately if you value your files.
<Removed Insulting/Bigoted Remark> deleting files from companies across the country. This is unacceptable and should be addressed and fixed before one more emoji is developed for their stupid system.

There are things you MUST get right. File storage and security is one of them. I don't care about your bells and whistles if your primary storage and file recovery is broken. This is not only unacceptable, it is criminal. If you wrote a program that deletes
files, you should be put out of business by the Feds as a terrorist organization. You can't possibly be this stupid. It has to be intentional.

Anyone else losing files from OneDrive?

***Modified title from: One Drive Deleting Files Not RestoringHo***

 

Deleted file restore software.

Shute I never thought about system restore. But its been more than a week now, don't know if I can go back that far. But even then will it put back user files?