OneDrive backup whole hard disk (root)

[Jarrastafari]

Hi guys, I am reorganising my computer after rebuilding it and have decided to make use of Microsoft's generous OneDrive storage to backup my files to the cloud.

The problem I have is that OneDrive will not allow the root of my hard drive (F:\) - where all the folders are organised - to be assigned as the sync location, if that makes sense. It tells me I must make a folder (e.g. F:\OneDrive\) and set that as the sync location.

I was previously using Google Drive, which had the same restriction I have described. Is there any way around the hard coded restriction (such as folder redirection) or not?

 

[Jarrastafari]

No, sorry. I'm trying to get the OneDrive software to accept F:\ as the default OneDrive path. I cannot copy or redirect the folders under F:\ because they contain all the media and documents I own; F:\ drive > C:\ drive.

I did read up on redirecting using the mklink console command as I had for other programs but since OneDrive has been copded into Windows 8.1 this will not work.

Any more suggestions please guys?

 

[Jarrastafari]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, think I'll try this when I get some time.

- reallocate your F drive to another letter, say X
- Set your onedrive folder to: X:\Onedrive
- Share that folder
- Map a network drive to that shared folder and choose letter F