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Copper Contributor

Jan 01, 2020

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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...

OneDrive for Business

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

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