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OneNote 2016 data files location
It shows that the data files are on oneDrive.
How do I get them on my own hard drive and to sync with the cloud-based files like I configured in the options of OneDrive?
OneNote sync mechanism is different from usual OneDrive sync mechanism, so you should not save directly notebooks to the local sinc folder.
You can find the correct procedure here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Move-a-OneNote-2016-for-Windows-notebook-to-OneDrive-8b8c5a16-1d75-4637-9299-d3d22e54d5a6?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
And this blog article explains some of the details: https://bealers.com/2016/11/15/onenote-sync-onedrive/
Hope it helps...
I do not want my onenote files on OneDrive or any other drive that is not on my Surface Pro 4. How do I get my files only on the surface?
You need to move back your onenote file to local drive. you could do it whith move options (by selecting your notebook/settings and "share or move) or you could create a local notebook and coyy all your contents in the new one
AFAIK, you cannot move as a whole a notebook that is already in OneDrive to a local drive with a single operation. The only possibility is to create a local notebook first, and then move the content section by section.
See https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Move-a-OneNote-for-Windows-notebook-that-you-ve-shared-with-others-56c7659e-1850-49a6-8874-e2db6b440cd4?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
