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Paul_Zimmer
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Feb 09, 2026

Has OneDrive changed the way it handles conflict issues? Because it's losing my data this way...

In the past, when OD had trouble syncing a file due to conflicts (it wasn't sure what was really the most recent), it would leave the original file intact and create a "-machinename" version of the file as well.  So, if I have a file voice1.mp3, and, on one of the computers (say, "pc1"), it couldn't figure out whether the version I was saving was the latest, I'd end up with this:

voice1.mp3

voice1-pc1.mp3

 

Which is fine.  I'd have to resolve the conflict.

Recently, what it seems to do is create the "-machinename" file and DELETE the original file.  So, I end up with this:

voice1-pc1.mp3

 

The first time it happened, I thought it must be something I had done, so I pulled back the original file from my backups (this is one of MANY reasons when MS should NOT bill OD as a "backup".  "Backups" are copies that are INDEPENDENT of the original file.  But, I digress...).

But now I'm seeing it all over the place.  It seems that whenever it finds a conflict, it creates the -machinename file and NUKES the original file.

 

Anybody else seen this or know how to stop it?

Thanks!

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