Windows 10: OneDrive Files On Demand doesn't work

Discus and support OneDrive Files On Demand doesn't work in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I have around 100 GB of pictures stored on Onedrive. This overfills my laptop so I have turned on the files on demand option to free up the space. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by LesterBauman, Mar 7, 2020.

  1. OneDrive Files On Demand doesn't work


    I have around 100 GB of pictures stored on Onedrive. This overfills my laptop so I have turned on the files on demand option to free up the space. I also clicked on the free up space option in the folder short menu. I even did this for all the sub folder. Onedrive starts syncing and frees up a bunch of space, like it should. But it keeps on syncing and starts downloading until my hard drive is full again. This leaves me with only a couple GB of space to work with. On my office computer I have onedrive set to store my files online and offline but I should be able to setup each computer individually.

    :)
     
    LesterBauman, Mar 7, 2020
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  2. S.D.K Win User

    File History & OneDrive on Demand

    I know that "files on demand" aren't saved on my computer. However, I still have the following problems:

    • After starting a new File History backup from scratch (as suggested in the first response) the majority of my Onedrive , including almost all files that are marked as "Always Keep on this Device" are not backed up.
    • Even for files marked as "Files on Demand" - surely File History should be able to back them up anyway? The whole point of a good backup system is that you have copies of files in multiple places (and OneDrive's cloud system only counts as 1). The creation
      of the file history would be download heavy as it copies every file to my backup device, but after that it should only have to download single files as changes are made.
     
    S.D.K, Mar 7, 2020
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  3. BetoLP Win User
    Windows doesn`t start. Authomatic repair doesn`t work.

    Thanks again!!

    I`m sorry I had not noticed that the text on the picture was in spanish. It says that windows has replaced some damaged clusters in "name" file and "directory". Then, at the end "an unspecified error occurred (75736e6a726e6c2e 4f6)".

    I`ll do it and I`ll be updating this thread when I have the report.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I ran SeaTools. These are the results:

    OneDrive Files On Demand doesn't work [​IMG]


    Does it mean my HDD is useless?
     
    BetoLP, Mar 7, 2020
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  4. OneDrive Files On Demand doesn't work

    5a5d6cb6-7934-4184-8f8b-e1d16573aa87, Mar 7, 2020
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