I can't get my files off from One Drive in windows 11

[Penelope]

I just can't do it, and I've been working on it. Can anyone show me how,
preferably with step-by-step instructions.

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[White 6]

I just can't do it, and I've been working on it. Can anyone show me how,
preferably with step-by-step instructions.

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Can't help, but am careful of what even goes to one drive, preferring not to use it, storing local and transferring to a multi-terabyte drive, not even connected to my own system, except for backup and file transfer from the system. I simply never had a reason to trust corporations with my data. If you make a habit of not trusting Microsoft, Google or many others, you won't be ill served.

 

[Penelope]

Can't help, but am careful of what even goes to one drive, preferring not to use it, storing local and transferring to a multi-terabyte drive, not even connected to my own system, except for backup and file transfer from the system. I simply never had a reason to trust corporations with my data. If you make a habit of not trusting Microsoft, Google or many others, you won't be ill served.

Yes I prefer not to use it. There want stuff to go to One drive so MS office makes money off it, with windows 11. The more stuff you have on One drive, if you get over 1 terabyte then you'll have to pay more for it.

 

[Dekster]

Can't help, but am careful of what even goes to one drive, preferring not to use it, storing local and transferring to a multi-terabyte drive, not even connected to my own system, except for backup and file transfer from the system. I simply never had a reason to trust corporations with my data. If you make a habit of not trusting Microsoft, Google or many others, you won't be ill served.

More or less, yes. I am stumbling my way into remote hosting services for a business with everything overseas in servers in some mountain somewhere but supposedly it is super encrypted and even they can't see what it is on their end. Not sure how much I really believe that but whatever. If it keeps from having to have an IT guy, I will just keep the important stuff also backed up locally like you do on a detachable drive. Remote hosting is going to be the future. Just don't trust microsoft, apple or google with anything (and probably amazon's IT arm as well)

 

[White 6]

More or less, yes. I am stumbling my way into remote hosting services for a business with everything overseas in servers in some mountain somewhere but supposedly it is super encrypted and even they can't see what it is on their end. Not sure how much I really believe that but whatever. If it keeps from having to have an IT guy, I will just keep the important stuff also backed up locally like you do on a detachable drive. Remote hosting is going to be the future. Just don't trust microsoft, apple or google with anything (and probably amazon's IT arm as well)

You, I can easily understand. I'm no longer in the business world, just a personal user. Been out, as far as business data since 2008 and the crash. At that time, the company was still using corporate storage at main IT HQ in St. Louis. Times change, and I know very popular and supposedly cost-efficient.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I can't tell people enough - DO NOT USE ONE DRIVE.
Microsoft literally tells you that what you put on this drive is not private.
They will, and do, use it to sell to advertisers about your content.
Why do you think they offer this "free" service? Because they are such nice people??
Why do you think they practically force you to use it?
By "force" I mean it is not easy, nor intuitive to stop and remove one drive. Most people don't know what it is, and don't know that all it really does is provide Microsoft with greater ease to spy on you.

 

[Penelope]

I can't tell people enough - DO NOT USE ONE DRIVE.
Microsoft literally tells you that what you put on this drive is not private.
They will, and do, use it to sell to advertisers about your content.
Why do you think they offer this "free" service? Because they are such nice people??
Why do you think they practically force you to use it?
By "force" I mean it is not easy, nor intuitive to stop and remove one drive. Most people don't know what it is, and don't know that all it really does is provide Microsoft with greater ease to spy on you.

what other can I use for writing office can I use to write invoices or proposals?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

what other can I use for writing office can I use to write invoices or proposals?

That doesn't make sense.

 

[leftwinger]

what other can I use for writing office can I use to write invoices or proposals?

You are an Enemy of America. You back the coup participants and the damage in progress (2007-2023). You are not worthy to write any proposal that anyone would care to read, let alone "back it up"? Go to your ANTIFA meeting you ignorant sack of human garbage. Take your board maggots with you.

 

[Dekster]

You, I can easily understand. I'm no longer in the business world, just a personal user. Been out, as far as business data since 2008 and the crash. At that time, the company was still using corporate storage at main IT HQ in St. Louis. Times change, and I know very popular and supposedly cost-efficient.

Ultimately what I have discovered is that we have to pay a fortune to a local company to come in and sit there while somebody in freaking India or wherever does all the work remotely every time one of our servers goes nutty so it will be cheaper in the long run just to cut out the jack-legged middleman if we migrate everything to remote hosted and access it through the web. I already pay for cyber insurance so might as well.

 

[White 6]

Ultimately what I have discovered is that we have to pay a fortune to a local company to come in and sit there while somebody in freaking India or wherever does all the work remotely every time one of our servers goes nutty so it will be cheaper in the long run just to cut out the jack-legged middleman if we migrate everything to remote hosted and access it through the web. I already pay for cyber insurance so might as well.

Good luck.

 

[Penelope]

That doesn't make sense.

Is they anywhere else I write invoices and proposals.

 

[Penelope]

You are an Enemy of America. You back the coup participants and the damage in progress (2007-2023). You are not worthy to write any proposal that anyone would care to read, let alone "back it up"? Go to your ANTIFA meeting you ignorant sack of human garbage. Take your board maggots with you.

Everybody is going to windows 11, like it or not. This is the signs of the future if you own a computer.

 

[Penelope]

	A blue cloud icon next to a OneDrive file or folder indicates that the file is only available online. Online-only files don’t take up space on your computer. You see a cloud icon for each online-only file in File Explorer, but the file doesn’t download to your device until you open it. You can’t open online-only files when your device isn’t connected to the Internet.
	When you open an online-only file, it downloads to your device and becomes a locally available file. You can open a locally available file anytime, even without Internet access. If you need more space, you can change the file back to online only. Just right-click the file and select “Free up space.” With Storage Sense turned on, these files will become online-only files after the time period you've selected.
	Only files that you mark as "Always keep on this device" have the green circle with the white check mark. These always available files download to your device and take up space, but they’re always there for you even when you’re offline.

Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Windows - Microsoft Support

Learn how to use OneDrive Files On-Demand to sync your OneDrive files and save disk space in Windows 10.

support.microsoft.com

which one do you vote for, solid green or the green checkmark?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Ask hillary to do it.
She can use a simple cloth and your all good.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

As cheap as memory storage is - why does anyone need online storage?
I backup our critical data on a Seagate portable drive. One time cost of like $60.
I use "Free-Sync" to copy new/changed files to it once a week.
Easy/Safe/Portable.
Been doing it for years

FreeFileSync

Download FreeFileSync 12.1. FreeFileSync is a free open source data backup software that helps you synchronize files and folders on Windows, Linux and macOS.

freefilesync.org

 

[Penelope]

. Its a hard drive, I have one.

I'll will have to check out Free-sync