It is quite predictable that in today’s information society, it is information that is of decisive importance. At the same time, various data is not so easy to be guaranteed to be saved, they can be in a certain place for a long time, but one day this place may cease to exist (the site will fall or the computer will break with a denial of access to the hard drive).
In such a situation, the user will find that the content that he thought was guaranteed to be at his disposal is suddenly lost. Avoiding such a situation is exactly what OneDrive is for, what kind of program it is and will be discussed below.
About
Onedrive is a program created by Microsoft that is designed to save information that the user needs to protect from loss or destruction.
The OneDrive app stores all user-specified information in the cloud. This is space on Microsoft servers organized in such a way that the maximum amount of data takes up the minimum amount of space.
As a result, all information sent to such storage using the OneDrive application is guaranteed to be available to the user at any time. At the same time, thanks to the arrangement of this space, the owner of the data can get immediate access to them when he needs it. Thus, this service acts similarly to a computer hard drive, but with the advantage that it cannot physically break.
At the same time, the advantage of this program is that its individual user can synchronize all his computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices. After that, all the information that he placed on the Microsoft OneDrive cloud from one device, he can further study and edit from another.
So, if he created a file on his home computer, for example, in Word, but did not finish editing it, then he can then open an unfinished document on his laptop outside the home and continue editing it. Of course, you first need to synchronize these two devices.
By default, the program provides a certain amount of storage for free. Of course, for those who want to use OneDrive for Business, it makes sense to purchase additional storage on the cloud in order to be able to secure more information there.
How to start using OneDrive
Before you set up OneDrive, you need to download this app to your device. Next, you need to create a mailbox on the @hotmail server, which belongs to Microsoft Corporation. This action is completely free. Further, using the login and password for this box, it will be possible to enter it on all devices belonging to this user.
Following this, registration is already carried out directly in OneDrive itself. To do this, you need to register in the system. At the same time, the user’s mail address on hotmail is given as a login in the authorization form of this service, and the password, respectively, is already chosen by the user himself.
After the owner of the devices has logged into the OneDrive system on each of them, this program itself configures the synchronization of its work on each of them. At the same time, the system synchronizes all these devices with the cloud storage provided to this user. He himself will only need to specify the folder on the local disk where the data to be saved will be located.
As a result, information will be available all the time. If it is still accidentally deleted, then it can be returned if you know how to restore OneDrive. This is very easy, because the information is moved to the application’s trash after deletion. Having found them in this place, you can run the “restore all” command.
After that, all data will return to where it was before. If only part of the information is needed, you need to mark the files containing it and run the “restore” command. In general, you can learn how to use OneDrive relatively quickly. This application is designed for even entry-level users.
OneDrive on Windows will usually be installed by default, but keep in mind that this is the case in newer versions, but not, for example, on XP, where this application will need to be installed by yourself. In addition, there are versions of this program for other popular operating systems. In particular, owners of smartphones and tablets can find an Android version of the application online. In turn, for owners of apple devices, this program is available under iOS.