Is it safe to restore all user files and Nextcloud settings, after Windows reinstallation, and just install the client on top of it?

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Hi,

I’d normally do a fresh, complete re-sync after reinstalling Windows on the client machines but my data grew to over 1TB so it’s getting to be time consuming.

Is it safe to simply restore the \AppData\Roaming\Nextcloud\ folder with all the settings and the Nextcloud folder itself, including all the files and all the .sync files, logs, etc., and just reinstall the client on top of it?

Will it pick up the sync state or this can lead to unforeseen sync issues down the road? I don’t want to risk any instability. My setup has been running quite well recently, like never before, to be honest. So, if this can potentially lead to any issues, I’d just run a full sync from scratch and won’t take any chances.

Thank you!

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I honestly can’t help you here.
And I’m not sure if anyone will take the responsibility from you and tell you to do so because nothing bad can happen to you aka your data.

I see you point with 1TB… but well the only way to make your snyc as safe as possible is doing it from scratch, I’m afraid.

so here’s my 2ct.

happy nc’ing and good luck

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That’s a fair point. I’ll keep doing fresh syncs from scratch then. I also feel that is safer, I just needed some reinforcement. Thank you!

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