# Changed file paths after migration to new PC

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/changed-file-paths-after-migration-to-new-pc/4340
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 11, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/changed-file-paths-after-migration-to-new-pc/4340 "2018-08-11T09:05:24Z")
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### Author: ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/changed-file-paths-after-migration-to-new-pc/4340/10 "2018-09-06T22:54:04Z")

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> [@Marxsal](#):
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> it looks like it’s about to delete thousands of files and start over.

Well, that’s exactly how Duplicati sees it.

It will basically day “Oh, /joe/ and all contents has been deleted and /mark/ has appeared. I’ll flag all /joe/ contents for deletion but won’t actually delete any of it because I see the exact same content being used by /mark/”.

Things to keep in mind include:

- pre-mark versions will still exist in /joe/ and want to be restored there unless you tell Duplicati otherwise

- pre-mark versions exist in the /joe/ path so if you look at version history for a /mark/ path it will START after /joe/ history end

- because the history has been split, some retention policy settings might act a bit strange for example, even if you said keep monthly versions forever, because /joe/ is seen as deleted that history will end up being purged.

In other words, assume your retention policy is starting over. @kenkendk, is this something that should be addressed in some way?

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