[dba-Tech] Incompatible Hard Links?

[Gary Kjos]

Even though this thread pertains to a Western Digital backup there is
still some info in the tread that I believe may apply to your
situation and a solution.  Essentially the "solution" in this case was
to turn off the ONEDRIVE FILES ON DEMAND option so all files are
stored locally in addition to in the cloud.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cannot-backup-onedrive-document-folder-to-windows/a58627f1-2a3c-498e-8a90-3b50b8631d80
-------------------------------------------------------- Here is the
"answer" in that tread....
SOLVED - Had same problem but saw that no one posted the answer.
Although I'm sure many here have found the answer elsewhere, I will
post it for posterity.

To solve this, you need to know 2 things:
#1 - when you do a File History Backup, if a folder is seen as blank,
it is skipped over.
#2 - OneDrive (The program) will either save a hard copy on your
computer, OR save a "virtual file link" in it's place to save you hard
drive space.
Therefore, if you do not have a hard copy in your computer of your
OneDrive cloud files, the backup will interpret that the OneDrive
folder is empty and skip over it.
Solution: Find the OneDrive icon found in right side of the task bar.
Click on it and then click the "menu dots" on the top right. Choose
"Settings" in the menu. A dialogue box will open titled, "Microsoft
OneDrive". Under the Settings tab, and in section "Files On Demand"
you must UN-SELECT the box for "Save space and download files as you
use them". This will allow you to keep a hard copy on your computer
hard drive and thus be able to back it up to an External Hard Drive
using your File History Backup feature within Windows.
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Good luck solving your issue. You might try copying the files
individually verses copying the entire Documents folder en mass.

GK

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 5:25 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The answer is, I think so, but I'm not sure. I use OneDrive, and there is a
> local or temporary or whatever in my c:\users\[me] directory, but I also
> keep a Documents directory on the machine. With apps and Word documents, I
> store them locally, then occasionally copy them to OneDrive. But it could
> be that I've set it up all wrong. I have no idea how to fix the problem. Or
> even if it can be fixed. Once again, in trying to cover my ass, I seem to
> have shot myself in the foot.
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 5:53 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Are your Documents folders part of Microsoft OneDrive or some other
> > cloud storage system?
> >
> > Windows 10?  Windows 11?  Something else?
> >
> > GK
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 4:27 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a burner that can handle 25GB disks. I am trying to copy my
> > > Documents directory in entirety (about 20GB in total).
> > >
> > > I keep getting an error message that says something like "cannot copy a
> > > file with incompatible hard links."
> > >
> > > I have no clue what this means, or whether I can fix the problem. Any
> > > ideas, I hope?
> > >
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