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Overview
This article provides instructions for moving your Desktop, Documents, and Favorites data from your W:drive (home directory) to OneDrive on an ESS (formerly CSDS) supported computer.
Instructions
- Click the start menu and type “File Explorer” and open it. Off to the left, look for “Computer” followed by the name and click on it.
- Under network locations, you should see your W: drive. Double click to open it.
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You should see a folder for your Desktop, Documents, and Favorites.
- Please review the data in these folders. **OneDrive is not intended nor should it be used for sensitive or restricted data.** These files will have to be excluded from the data transfer.
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Sensitive and restricted data should never be stored on your PC/Laptop.
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You might see 2 Documents folders. Please review both and determine which files you want to move to OneDrive.
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It is appropriate to store sensitive data on your W: Drive (Isilon), but it should not be synced to your PC/Laptop.
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Restricted data is not allowed on the W: Drive (Isilon) and should be deleted or relocated to a secure location. Please reference this site for appropriate locations https://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/data-handling/acceptable_service_use.php
- You will want to copy over the contents one folder at a time. For this example, we will do the Desktop first.
- Double Click on the Desktop Folder to open it.
- Click on the first file to be selected.
- Hold down Ctrl and click on all the files that you want to select. If you want to copy All files, you can hit Ctrl+A.
- Once all the files that you want to bring over to OneDrive are highlighted you can copy them by hitting Ctrl+C or rightclick->copy.
- Navigate to your OneDrive -> CSDSData\Desktop Folder
- Off to the left in File Explorer, you should see OneDrive – purdue.edu, Click it.
- You should see the CSDSDATA folder. Double click it and you should find your Desktop Folder, then double click the Desktop Folder as well.
- You can now either hit Ctrl+V or rightclick->paste. Your data will begin transferring.
- Repeat steps 1-4 for the remaining Documents and Favorites folders.
- Validate that all the files have been copied to the OneDrive location. And go back to step 4 if anything is missing.
- Delete the Desktop, Documents, and Favorites folders that are on the W: Drive. This will eliminate the opportunity for you to update the incorrect version of a document.
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