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  1. Ensure that OneDrive is accessible. 

    1. 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”.

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  2.  Ensure that your N: drive is accessible.  

    1. 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.

  3. If you are on a laptop, resolve any offline file conflicts.  

    1. Open Sync Center - type ‘sync center’ in the search box and then select Sync Center. 

    2. Select View sync conflicts. 

    3. 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.

    4. Choose an option to resolve the conflict. The safest option is to keep both versions. 

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  1. Delete files from your N: Drive that do not need to be copied over to OneDrive.

  2. Ensure you don’t have any files open that are on your N drive.  If you have files in your Recycle Bin,

  3. Open Software Center - type ‘software center’ in the search box and then select Software Center. 

  4. In Applications, click ‘AS – Copy N: Drive to OneDrive’. Select Install. 

  5. A command window will open and stay open until the process is completed. 

  6. Once the command window closes you can move on to the next section, ‘Enable OneDrive Documents folder as your default file location’. 

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The steps below must be done for each Nexus computer you log into. This update will redirect the following folders; the default location of your ‘Documents’, ‘Pictures’ and ‘Desktop’ folders will change from N: Drive to OneDrive:

  • N: Drive will be redirected to OneDrive\Documents.

  • N:\Pictures will be redirected to OneDrive\Pictures.

  • N:\Desktop will be redirected to OneDrive\Desktop.

  1. If you did not complete Part 2, you will need to manually create folders named Documents, Pictures, and Desktop on your OneDrive before continuing.

  2. From Software Centre under Applications, click AS – OneDrive Migration. 

  3. Select Install.  

  4. Once the installation is complete, your computer will log you out. 

  5. If you are off campus, start a campus VPN connection before login, by clicking the icon that looks like two computers (in the bottom-right corner of the computer screen).  

  6. Log into your NEXUS account. 

  7. If you see the following window, click Back up these folders. 

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