OneDrive sucks ***!

[don256us]

I never wanted to use OneDrive. I'm not sure when it was installed and when I started to sync with it. I didn't notice until I couldn't find a document. It was some time later that I did find it and it was in OneDrive. Yesterday I copied it out. I then deleted everything from OneDrive and cleared out the recycling bin. They are gone. I turned off the sync and finally I removed the OneDrive app because I was really letting "them" have it.

Joke was on me. I thought I had everything but I misunderstood what I was looking at. Most everything on my desktop is gone. So too are my saved games from EPIC and STEAM. There's nothing that I can't replace easily enough or do without forever but geez oh mighty. OneDrive has really pissed me off.

 

[mackerel]

Yup, (one of) the first thing I do on every new install: uninstall OneDrive.

Steam at least should have cloud save? Unless you have the odd game that doesn't have that and is only local.

 

[Blaylock]

I'm so anti-cloud. I want to control my data. I buy large HDD/SSDs so that I can manage my stuff.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[don256us]

I'm so anti-cloud. I want to control my data. I buy large HDD/SSDs so that I can manage my stuff.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

Yep. Same here. I have an Unraid server but Windows 11 is really making it hard for me to use it. "Security" changes and what not. So not only do I have to jump through hoops to get to my saved data, MS decided to change the location of my storage to OneDrive.

 

[infinitevalence]

Welcome to a hostile operating system! Microsoft has been re-installing onedrive and making it the default save location on different occasions and updates. If you want control of your operating system, you wont get it from Microsoft and Windows.

I do use Onedrive for work, because we are a fully remote team and its passable for a shared cloud storage solution where we can all edit in real time with each other.

At home though... nope I run an HA proxmox cluster with CEPH backed object storage all backed up to a local Proxmox Backup Server, once a month I copy those snapshots over to a portable disk drive, drive it to my inlaws house, and swap it with one I keep cold there.

 

[Nebulous]

I'm so anti-cloud. I want to control my data. I buy large HDD/SSDs so that I can manage my stuff.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

See? And ppl laugh at me for buying large capacity spinner drives.

I mean, they laughs at me anyhows....

 

[freakdiablo]

I'm so anti-cloud. I want to control my data. I buy large HDD/SSDs so that I can manage my stuff.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

The one thing I use it for is a redundant backup of my backup.

Things like an updated resume, letters of recommendation from employers, a few short stories I'm working on - I keep a copy on the primary drive on my desktop, a copy on a small USB raid enclosure with drives in R5, and then I have a Dropbox account that I keep synced.

If they get hacked, ok? Someone knows I show up to work on time and have a thing for anime girls in tight clothing.

 

[Zerileous]

I started using it for school, it does work well with office. I can be editing a doc, leave it open on my desktop, open it on my laptop, make changes, go back to the desktop no real issues. Can also do group editing a lot better than google doc imho and also use browser or program based and mix them. Not that I love dealing with microsoft in that way but it has been helpful. AFAIK all my one drive is separate from the normal C drive stuff on my installs, and also I have a school and a personal account with it. What you guys are describing sounds awful.