Rebuilding a sync from backup which has .cloud files in it

[Tony]

Hi @DarfNader,
@yukihyou pretty much covered it, but you can take a look at this post here for some additional details (especially the note concerning Encryptor content):

What would be the safest method for an Windows OS reinstall?

Hi @christianorpinell, For all non-Encryptor data, you can basically just copy/move the local data over into the newly initialized odrive folder, alongside the linked storage placeholders. The steps would be: Install odrive on the new system, go through the setup process, and log back in (make sure you are logging in as the same user you were using previously). Once odrive fully initializes the go to the new odrive folder, which should now have all placeholder (.cloudf) files… Go to the old/…

Mac and Windows will work the same, in this respect.