Windows 10: Need a 1TB backup restored from OneDrive to a local NAS HDD and cant copy from OneDrive due...

Hi there,
In order to work with Lightroom directory tree from a previous failed NAS which was backed up to OneDrive I need the ca 1TB pictures restored to a like structure on a new NAS.


When trying to Restore / copy picture files from my local Onedrive folder to an external drive (NAS) I kept getting this error:

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

One solution was to enable files on demand (I'm aware the opposite has been stated as a solution) and select a 'fitting' number of directories to copy.


Every so often the error would repeat and a renewed 'free space' command on my onedrive directory got the copy function back working.

THEN I started to get to messages 'Files are not awailable for synching, skip or try again'... only Skip worked

After doing this, I checked the directory tree manually and found several directories missing on the NAS.

This time I went for manual directory by directory copying, Ctrl C, Alt Tab, Ctrl V, Alt-Tab arrow down and so on... (no I didnt write a script, though I'm tempted to do so.)

During this I also found several directories allready copied during the first process had 1-2 missing pictures , so now I have to make a dir -r > tjeck NAS.txt and same for OneDrive (if the DOS command works there) and then compare the text files

This would likely not be a problem if I had a free 2TB harddisk all OneDrive files could sync to (I think). I also suppose the 'Files not awailable for sync' may be caused by files having same filenames even being in different directories.


So far I'm hoping the process will allow me to free one of the previously backed up harddisks, mappping that to OneDrive and the issue will not be present, but It is STILL a major issue for the reliability seen of OneDrive as a cloud backup...


I also have a nasty comment regarding the initial error message: It was not apparent the directory with not enough space was my local hard disk, thinking the NAS was at fault, since only the directory name was flagged, not the drive letter... took me some more time to realise that.


So all in all a easy restore operation has turned into a long drawn out manual job.


Best hopes of a good reply/solution

:)

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

Backup and restore with Onedrive

I would grab that backup file from onedrive and copy to your local machine.

Then go to control panel - system and security - backup and restore.

Run a restore and point to that backup file.

 

OneDrive - Bait and switch (but to what?)

Google Drive offers 17GB free, I see no discernible reason to bother with OneDrive's crippled storage capacity.

EDIT: For a painless transfer, I used microsoft's SyncToy to do a daily backup of DropBox/OneDrive items nightly at 4PM to a Google Drive folder. Once I had finished setting up my phone's automatic backup and had my work flow transferred, I just stopped the auto-backup script and uninstalled OneDrive/DropBox and carried on using Google Drive. Switching cloud storage service isn't remotely arduous.