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This information is for users who are migrating from N: Drive to OneDrive as part of the IST migration project.

On this page:

  • Video instructions

  • Part 1 - Before you migrate

  • Part 2 - Install the 'AS - Copy N: Drive to OneDrive' update (optional)

  • Part 3 - Install the 'AS - OneDrive Migration' update (required)

  • Part 4 - Check to ensure the migration was successful

  • Notes for OneDrive notebooks saved on N: drive

  • General notes

  • How to unlink your personal OneDrive

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Video instructions

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Part 1 - Before you migrate

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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. 

  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. 

    1. It is recommended that you avoid working on content saved on your N: Drive during this process. If you have OneNote notebooks saved on your N: drive, please see the notes below.

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

  7. After completing this installation, do not edit any files on your N: Drive or on fileu as the changes will not be copied over to OneDrive. Do not edit any files in your Documents, Desktop or Pictures folders until after you have complete Part 3 below.

    1. If you had a lot of files saved on your Desktop and in your Documents and Pictures folders, it could take some time for these files to repopulate again.

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  1. Open your OneDrive – University of Waterloo folder in File Explorer. Microsoft OneDrive Status icons tell you the sync state of the file or folder.

  2. OneDrive will continue syncing files (this can take some time depending on the number and size of files), when complete the OneDrive icon in the taskbar will change from syncing to clear blue or, if there were syncing errors, with a red x.

    1. If there are any syncing errors, click on the cloud icon with the red X in your taskbar. 

    2. Click on the error message at the top regarding sync issues.

    3. Address any issues (usually just special characters in file names requiring files to be renamed).

  3. Files on your Desktop will have green checkmarks on the bottom-left corner of icons, they indicate the file has been synchronized on OneDrive.

  4. If things are not working as expected, try the reboot sequence once more: 

    1. Reboot.

    2. Connect to VPN before login if you are off-campus.  

    3. Log into NEXUS.

  5. To check for errors that occurred during the file copy, open to the ‘N-Drive_to_OneDrive.log’ file in your OneDrive. If you need help with looking up errors in the .log file, contact your IST account rep for assistance.

Notes for OneDrive notebooks saved on N: drive

If you are installing the 'AS - Copy N: Drive to OneDrive' update from Part 2

  • If you have OneNote notebooks saved on your N: drive:

    • It is recommended that you do not edit content on the N drive while files are being copied over. If you need to work on a file during the copy process, please edit the OneDrive version of the file.

    • The OneDrive sync will copy OneNote notebooks from your N: drive and convert them to be cloud versions on OneDrive.

After your files have been copied over from N: drive to OneDrive

  1. Document the names of your OneNote notebooks by taking a screenshot.

    1. If you use OneNote 2016:

      1. Open the OneNote application.

      2. Go to File > Info. Take a screenshot of your notebook list and use the notebook names on this list to relocate these notebooks in OneDrive.

      3. Click Settings, then click Close.

    2. If you use OneNote for Windows 10, your OneNote notebooks are already saved on OneDrive.

    3. Close your notebooks in OneNote.

  2. To re-open your notebooks in OneDrive:

    1. Go to File > Open.

    2. Go to OneDrive/Documents.

    3. Browse to the corresponding folder path you noted in your screenshot from Step 1.

    4. Select the desired notebook and click Open.

Info

  • If you would like to compare recent edits made in more than one OneNote notebook, go to History > Recent Edits > Last 6 months.

  • If there are any unsynced notebook changes, you will likely get a message indicating that unsyced data will be put into a new section called ‘Misplaced’ in your Notebook.

General notes

  • 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. 

  • To prevent accidental file access from your N: 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. 

  • If you are using a program that points to the N: drive to save/access files (e.g. Grouper), this will need to be re-configured to point to OneDrive.

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