OneDrive Backup (often called Folder Backup or Known Folder Move) automatically syncs the contents of your Windows Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders to your OneDrive cloud storage. This ...

Microsoft automatically turns on OneDrive Backup in new Windows 11 installations. Your files aren't stolen -- they've just been moved to a new folder and synced to the cloud. A recent, undocumented ...

Over the last two years, with so many people working from home (often from personal devices), I have been seeing more and more organizations advising their users to configure their Windows PCs to back ...

Moving your files onto a new PC is just one part of the puzzle. Sure, you’ll need a backup program or a cloud sync tool like Microsoft OneDrive to move files onto a new PC, but you’ll also need to ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. We all know we're supposed to back up our data; ...

Microsoft 365 apps will encourage users to back up their files to OneDrive, as announced in a new Message Center entry, to improve data security. Microsoft will display a prompt across Word, Excel, ...

If your OneDrive files are opening with the label “Saved to This PC,” it means that your files aren’t syncing to the cloud properly. Your PC is opening the files as a local copy, even if they’re ...

Microsoft wants you to use the cloud, but there are a lot of good options — including trusty old network file sharing and a little-known modern Windows feature. Remember the HomeGroup on Windows 7?

Learn how to back up your computer automatically with Windows, OneDrive, and third-party tools while keeping data secure, organized, and easy to restore.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. From time to time, you may need to transfer files between Windows PCs — whether it's to move documents between work computers, share photos ...