Hello all,

Most of my photos are backed up. However, last night I uploaded photos from my recent trip to La Veta, CO. I don't like using OneDrive. I like saving my photos to the hard drive so when the network goes down, I can still access them. Last, I have a Masters in IT and a software patent. I write this not to brag (though it could sound like that) but to share just how confused I am right now because I feel that I should know this. Here's what happened.

We all know that the hard drive has directories and folders. On my computer, there is a OneDrive directory and then a separate This Computer hard drive directory. I received a notice that OneDrive was becoming overly full and would I like to purchase some additional space. No, I wouldn't. So, I deleted the files from OneDrive and thought I would keep the photos in my This Computer Pictures sub-directory. So I deleted the OneDrive photos.

Well, you guessed it. Somehow all the photos located in the This Computer Pictures subdirectory were also deleted. And no, the This Computer/Pictures sub-directory was not also highlighted.

I could have restored them from the Recycle Bin BUT my personality is such that I immediately delete files from the Recycle Bin to have as much as disk space as possible and to not let it become "cluttered" with files that I don't want. 0:(

The good news is that this is a new computer so the files from my previous trips are on on my old computer and also backed up. I am hoping (and will check after I send this ?) that I also didn't have Olympus Workspace set up to delete the files after they are uploaded. Typically, I don't...

So, moving forward, would someone please explain how deleting files in OneDrive also causes the same files to be deleted in This Computer Pictures sub-directory?

I appreciate reading your comments. Thank you in advance. Linda

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