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Nextcloud client just deleted all of my files, why did it do this?
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this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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When you say "I told it to sync my one drive folder, and it did it's best" did you install nextcloud desktop and point it at the same folder that was currently syncing onedrive?
If yes, never do this. You should never layer two sync services that support virtual files over the same folder. The best way migrate to nextcloud is to use the nextcloud apps that connect to one drive and help you migrate.
Failing that the correct way would be to either set onedrive and nextcloud to sync 2 Seperate folders then copy from the onedrive folder to the nextcloud folder. Or set one drive to download all files, disable it entirely, then install nextcloud syncing with the formerly one drive folder.
Yep I sure did the thing you said not to do. I’m very new to a lot of this stuff still learning, I didn’t think about it and thought it would just work in was able to recover all my files and everything is fine so I’m not worried about it anymore and I understand the issue now. So this has just been a learning experience, I’m moving on with the second message you suggested and just making a new folder and copying stuff over. Thanks for the input man
You welcome. The more you make mistakes the more you learn, just remember backups backups backups and you should be fine.
I feel like what you described should be a big fat warning on the nextcloud page
OP is a lot more gracious than most internet users by accepting some responsibility. But i wouldnt blame them. I might have done the same, and i've been self hosting nextcloud for 8 years now.