Windows 10: Laptop dead. How do I access my OneDrive files in my old harddrive? (Was not synced)

AxelS_469 · May 7, 2019

Hi Community,

I have a huge problem.

All of my files from the last 6 months did not sync for an unknown reason. The OneDrive app always showed green, so I did not notice and assumed everything was synced. Now my laptop got a problem; I cannot boot into Windows anymore. How do I get access to my files?

I took out the harddrive from my old computer and plugged it into my new as external drive so that I can access the folder structure. However, I cannot see the files.

I assume the files are under users/...

However, I get an access denied error.

I also cannot change file permissions.

No idea what to do.

Please help as I urgently need the files.

Thank you!!

Axel

Moved from: Office/ OneDrive with Office / Windows 10 / Office 365 Home

:)

Nikhar_K · May 7, 2019

Files not syncing to OneDrive

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that you are facing issues not syncing properly with OneDrive.

I suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps in the article
Fix OneDrive sync problems and check if it works for you.

For more information, you can check the article to
Sync files with the OneDrive sync client in Windows.

If you are still facing the issue, I suggest you to get in touch with the OneDrive support team.

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

P4-630 · May 7, 2019

OneDrive Placeholders are coming back, now called On-Demand Sync

"At Ignite 2016, Microsoft has just announced that it is bringing Placeholders back to OneDrive on Windows 10. Now, they are not called Placeholders anymore — Microsoft is renaming the feature to “On-Demand Sync” which makes a lot more sense than “Placeholders”.

The company demoed this feature at Microsoft Ignite today, and it works just like it used to previously. As you can see in the screenshot above, the files stored in OneDrive weighed in around 9GB, but the actual size on disk was only around 3MB which is really neat. Of course, this feature isn’t anything new as it was available back in the Windows 8 days. However, Microsoft removed the feature with Windows 10, and after lots of waiting, they are finally coming back.

In case you are not familiar with OneDrive Placeholders, it’s a pretty neat feature which lets you see all of your OneDrive files on your computer — but they are not actually downloaded on your PC. When you open them, OneDrive will download the files on-demand, saving your local space which is really useful, especially if you have a PC that doesn’t have a lot of storage.

While Microsoft didn’t announce when exactly On-Demand Sync will be available to OneDrive users, we suspect it will be available with Windows 10 Redstone 2 — which is expected to arrive early next year. "

https://mspoweruser.com/onedrive-placeholders-coming-back-now-called-demand-sync/

Brink · May 7, 2019

OneDrive sync now supports IRM protected SharePoint document libraries

Information Rights Management (IRM) lets people set access permissions to help prevent sensitive information from being printed, forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people. When permission for a file is restricted by using IRM, the access and usage restrictions are enforced even if the file reaches unintended recipients. This is because the access permissions are stored in the document, workbook, presentation, or e-mail message itself, and these must be authenticated against the IRM server.

In SharePoint, IRM lets you protect your files when downloaded and control who can access downloaded files. Downloaded files are encrypted and can only be opened by users that meet the requirements of the IRM policy set on the SharePoint library.

We are currently rolling out an update to the OneDrive sync client that supports syncing IRM protected SharePoint libraries and will hit all users by the end of January. If you want to try this out now, you can find a direct installer link below.

Follow these steps to allow your users to sync IRM libraries:

Deploy and install the RMS (Rights Management Service) client to your users’ machines.

Make sure the OneDrive sync client is up to date. The minimum version required for IRM sync is 17.3.7294.0108 and you can download it here. To check your version: Right click on OneDrive in the taskbar > Settings > About.

Have your users navigate to any IRM protected SharePoint document library and click ‘Sync’.

If you haven’t activated IRM in your SharePoint environment, click here to learn more about how to configure this.

For more information, check out the detailed documentation on how to setup OneDrive to sync IRM libraries.

If you have feedback, please share it with us by right-clicking the blue OneDrive icon in the taskbar and choose "Report a problem" and as always, we want to hear from you, please visit our OneDrive UserVoice page to suggest new features or upvote feature requests.
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Source: OneDrive sync on Windows now supports IRM protected SharePoint document libraries - Microsoft Tech Community

Windows 10: Laptop dead. How do I access my OneDrive files in my old harddrive? (Was not synced)

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