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Back up Microsoft OneDrive to Swiss Backup

This guide concerns backing up Microsoft OneDrive to Swiss Backup, the backup solution in a Swiss independent cloud.

 

Introduction

  • Acronis (and other backup software) cannot back up OneDrive files that are only in the cloud.
    • Microsoft's Files On-Demand feature creates NTFS reparse points instead of the actual files on the disk, which causes an error during the backup.

 

Disable Files On-Demand

It is possible to work around this issue by forcing OneDrive to download all files locally, and then restarting the backup:

  1. Click on the OneDrive icon in the notification area (taskbar).
  2. Open Settings > Sync and backup tab (or Settings depending on the version).
  3. Disable the Files On-Demand option.
  4. Wait for the files to download completely to your device.
  5. Restart the backup from Swiss Backup.

Warning: this operation requires sufficient local disk space to store all of your OneDrive files.

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