OneDrive: Difference between revisions

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|ArticleType=Service

|Category=Cloud storage

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|ReleaseYear=2007 (as SkyDrive)|Website=https://onedrive.live.com/}}

'''OneDrive''' is a cloud storage service created by [[Microsoft]] in 2007 as SkyDrive and rebranded in 2014.

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===Aggressive push for backups (''Aug. 2025'')===

~~Microsoft OneDrive attempted~~ to "back up~~" all the~~ user~~'s computer~~ files. ~~When~~ it ~~had '''''moved''''' 5 gigs of files~~ to OneDrive, ~~it requested~~ that the user "Upgrade" or "Free Up Space". When the user ~~tried~~ to disable OneDrive, it ~~removed~~ all user files ~~from their desktop & they had to copy all the files ''from'' OneDrive to get them back onto their PC~~. The user ~~had~~ to ~~back up all~~ files ~~'''''FROM''''' One Drive '''''TO''''' their external SSD so they didn't get deleted when they disabled~~ OneDrive ~~on their computer~~. User files are ~~getting~~ corrupted in the process ~~(user was not aware that OneDrive would do this; user did not opt-in to OneDrive using their data)~~. User ~~claims they are staggering~~ the implementation of this ~~new "feature"~~ (backing up all computer files without user knowledge, notification, or consent), ''allegedly'' to stop backlash from consumers.

Windows users found that, at some point, the software attempts to back up user files. However, the way it does so is by redirecting several (unwittingly chosen) base folders to OneDrive, which once full, requests that the user "Upgrade" or "Free Up Space". When the user tries to disable OneDrive by solutions found with a surface level search, it removes all said user files both locally and in cloud. The only ways for the user to recover those files require a physical backup, from desktop or OneDrive. User files are also being corrupted in the process.

User suspicions claim the implementation of this action (backing up all computer files without user knowledge, notification, or consent) is being staggered, allegedly to stop unified backlash from consumers.

[[File:OneDrive Desktop Shortcut.png|thumb|''Staggering of "feature" implementation (automatic backup):'' ''Includes the time & date the shortcut was created, which is when the user opened their computer. See references for evidence that this has been happening to users at different rates over the last year.'']]

[[File:File Corruption When Copying from OneDrive.png|thumb|''File corruption as a result of OneDrive's forced backup: Interrupted action notification from Windows, stating that "file ... has properties that can't be copied to the new location". This file is a recording of a song the user wrote & ~~thought was~~ safe on their computer.'']]

[[File:File Corruption When Copying from OneDrive.png|thumb|''File corruption as a result of OneDrive's forced backup: Interrupted action notification from Windows, stating that "file ... has properties that can't be copied to the new location". This file is a recording of a song the user wrote & believed to be safe on their computer.'']]

[[File:OneDrive Permission Notification.png|thumb|''"Ensure'' ''that you have the right permissions to allow the item to sync." User did not request that this or any item be ~~sync'd~~ to OneDrive.'']]

[[File:OneDrive Permission Notification.png|thumb|''"Ensure'' ''that you have the right permissions to allow the item to sync." User did not request that this or any item be synced to OneDrive.'']]

[[File:OneDrive Notification to "Upgrade" or "Free up space".png|thumb|''Notification from OneDrive to "Upgrade" or "Free up space" after moving all files it had space for to OneDrive & off of ~~the user's computer~~.'']]

[[File:OneDrive Notification to "Upgrade" or "Free up space".png|thumb|''Notification from OneDrive to "Upgrade" or "Free up space" - after moving all files it had space for onto OneDrive & off of local storage.'']]

[[File:File In Use by OneDrive.png|thumb|''"File in use [by OneDrive]" notification from Windows when attempting manual backup, not allowing the user to copy ~~'''~~their~~''' '''~~file~~'''~~ that OneDrive had ~~'''~~moved off of their device~~'''~~.'']]

[[File:File In Use by OneDrive.png|thumb|''"File in use [by OneDrive]" notification from Windows when attempting manual backup, not allowing the user to copy their file that OneDrive had moved off of their device.'']]

==See also==

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 '''OneDrive''' is a cloud storage service created by [[Microsoft]] in 2007 as SkyDrive and rebranded in 2014.
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 ===Aggressive push for backups (''Aug. 2025'')===
-Microsoft OneDrive attempted to "back up" all the user's computer files. When it had '''''moved''''' 5 gigs of files to OneDrive, it requested that the user "Upgrade" or "Free Up Space". When the user tried to disable OneDrive, it removed all user files from their desktop & they had to copy all the files ''from'' OneDrive to get them back onto their PC. The user had to back up all files '''''FROM''''' One Drive '''''TO''''' their external SSD so they didn't get deleted when they disabled OneDrive on their computer. User files are getting corrupted in the process (user was not aware that OneDrive would do this; user did not opt-in to OneDrive using their data). User claims they are staggering the implementation of this new "feature" (backing up all computer files without user knowledge, notification, or consent), ''allegedly'' to stop backlash from consumers.
+Windows users found that, at some point, the software attempts to back up user files. However, the way it does so is by redirecting several (unwittingly chosen) base folders to OneDrive, which once full, requests that the user "Upgrade" or "Free Up Space". When the user tries to disable OneDrive by solutions found with a surface level search, it removes all said user files both locally and in cloud. The only ways for the user to recover those files require a physical backup, from desktop or OneDrive. User files are also being corrupted in the process.
+User suspicions claim the implementation of this action (backing up all computer files without user knowledge, notification, or consent) is being staggered, allegedly to stop unified backlash from consumers.
 [[File:OneDrive Desktop Shortcut.png|thumb|<u>''Staggering of "feature" implementation (automatic backup):''</u> ''Includes the time & date the shortcut was created, which is when the user opened their computer. See references for evidence that this has been happening to users at different rates over the last year.'']]
-[[File:File Corruption When Copying from OneDrive.png|thumb|''<u>File corruption as a result of OneDrive's forced backup:</u> Interrupted action notification from Windows, stating that "file ... has properties that can't be copied to the new location". This file is a recording of a song the user wrote & thought was safe on their computer.'']]
+[[File:File Corruption When Copying from OneDrive.png|thumb|''<u>File corruption as a result of OneDrive's forced backup:</u> Interrupted action notification from Windows, stating that "file ... has properties that can't be copied to the new location". This file is a recording of a song the user wrote & believed to be safe on their computer.'']]
-[[File:OneDrive Permission Notification.png|thumb|''"Ensure'' ''that you have the right permissions to allow the item to sync." User did not request that this or any item be sync'd to OneDrive.'']]
+[[File:OneDrive Permission Notification.png|thumb|''"Ensure'' ''that you have the right permissions to allow the item to sync." User did not request that this or any item be synced to OneDrive.'']]
-[[File:OneDrive Notification to "Upgrade" or "Free up space".png|thumb|''Notification from OneDrive to "Upgrade" or "Free up space" after moving all files it had space for to OneDrive & off of the user's computer.'']]
+[[File:OneDrive Notification to "Upgrade" or "Free up space".png|thumb|''Notification from OneDrive to "Upgrade" or "Free up space" - after moving all files it had space for onto OneDrive & off of local storage.'']]
-[[File:File In Use by OneDrive.png|thumb|''"File in use [by OneDrive]" notification from Windows when attempting manual backup, not allowing the user to copy '''their''' '''file''' that OneDrive had '''moved off of their device'''.'']]
+[[File:File In Use by OneDrive.png|thumb|''"File in use [by OneDrive]" notification from Windows when attempting manual backup, not allowing the user to copy their file that OneDrive had moved off of their device.'']]
 ==See also==