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Ensure that OneDrive is accessible.
In the System Tray, click the blue cloud icon OneDrive – University of Waterloo to ensure that OneDrive is active and states, “OneDrive is up to date”.
Ensure that your N: drive is accessible.
Open File Explorer and click on your N: drive to ensure it is mounted and accessible. If the system you want to migrate is at home, ensure you are connected to the VPN so that your N: drive is available.
Ensure you have at least 15 GB of C: Drive space. If you need to free up drive space in Windows 10 see this Microsoft article or contact your IST account rep for assistance.
If you are on a laptop, resolve any offline file conflicts.
Open Sync Center - type ‘sync center’ in the search box and then select Sync Center.
Select View sync conflicts.
If there are any conflicts for recent files that you want synced, select the file and click Resolve. You can ignore any system file related conflicts.
Choose an option to resolve the conflict. The safest option is to keep both versions.
If you want to keep any files from your Recycle Bin, restore these files before you continue.
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Files are still on your N: drive, they were just copied to OneDrive.
Your default save location is now the Documents folder on your OneDrive. Some recent files might still point to files on
To prevent accidental file access from your N: drive, so ensure you are working on your files in OneDrive. Drive, N: Drive mapping will be disabled and your ‘Recent Files’ list will be cleared once the installation is complete.
This procedure applies to computers, not users, so it needs to done on every managed computer that you use, or the most recent versions files you are currently editing may end up back on your N drive. You will then have to manually move those files back to OneDrive.
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