Move Files from your C: Drive to OneDrive for Business in Windows

Action

To move files and folders from being stored on your PC's hard drive to sync with OneDrive for Business, follow the steps below.

Instructions

1. Open Windows Explorer and find the location(s) where you store your files that you intend to move to OneDrive for Business. Consider all of the locations you may have files, including Documents, Desktop, Downloads, etc.

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2. From one location at a time, select all of the files and folders from your C: drive by clicking on them or by typing ctrl-a (hold down the control key and then type 'a').

3. Type ctrl-x (hold down the control key and then type 'x') to cut all of the files and folders you have selected.

4. Navigate to your OneDrive for Business folder:

   1. You can find this in File Explorer:

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   2. Or, you can right-click on the blue OneDrive cloud icon in the System Tray notification area of your Windows task bar and choose Open folder:

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5. Type ctrl-v (hold down the control key and then type 'v') to paste the contents you cut earlier into your OneDrive for Business folder.  Your items will start to sync as soon as the paste is complete.