Originally Posted by
KRSW
OneDrive != Backup! In the case of OneDrive, it MOVES those files out of those folders on your computer and into the "cloud". There have been multiple times where sync services like this have had issues and the user lost data.
It keeps a local copy and syncs the folders with OneDrive. The files are still available even without a network connection. Once you reconnect it re-syncs.
I hate getting into the "is this backup" conversation. For 99% of home users it is a perfectly good backup solution. If my laptop vanishes into the ether one day, I sign into OneDrive on a new laptop and all my files reappear. If that's not backup, I don't care.