OneDrive for Business on a 2TB external USB drive (NTFS)

I have tried to install OneDrive on the external drive and it does not work. I followed the instructions by unlinking the OneDrive and Run the OneDrive setup again using the external drive but always get the same error message:

Your OneDrive folder can't be created in the location you selected

Please chose a different location

Any idea why?

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Install-OneDrive-on-an-external-drive-6307e24b-d7a4-493f-bf43-47345b2c11fe

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AndreB007
Jan 07, 2020
AndreB007
I found the issue. I had to modify the access right of the external drive. It was working fine with Dropbox but not with OneDrive.

All is fine now.
A

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ChrisWebbTech
MVP
Jan 02, 2020
Did you format the external disk into NTFS? This will wipe the data on it FYI.
- AndreB007
  Copper Contributor
  Jan 02, 2020
  ChrisWebbTech
  
  Thanks Chris .
  Yes, the disk was formatted with te file system NTFS.
  - AndreB007
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 07, 2020
    AndreB007
    I found the issue. I had to modify the access right of the external drive. It was working fine with Dropbox but not with OneDrive.
    
    All is fine now.
    A

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OneDrive for Business on a 2TB external USB drive (NTFS)

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