This Documentation will show you how to backup your computer to Google Drive. If you have any issues or are uncertain please do not hesitate to get in contact with us at [email protected] of #ithelp Slack channel

Instructions

Windows Devices

  1. Go to File Explorer / type File Explorer into the Start menu

  2. Anything saved in Desktop/Documents/Downloads/Music/Pictures/Videos needs to be saved to Google Drive. You can do this by double clicking on the individual folders. If you have relevant data on other partitions you should back it up too.

  3. Once in the folder select all of the files that you would like to save to Google Drive. Ctrl+A (on your keyboard) will select all files, or Ctrl+left mouse click will select them individually.

  4. Go to your ‘My Drive’ in Google Drive, you can then create a new folder or drag files into a folder you want.

  5. Then you just need to left click and drag your files from File Explorer into the folder you have specified in Google Drive.

Apple MacBook backing up to Google Drive

  1. Go to Finder / type Finder into the Search bar

  2. Anything saved in Desktop/Documents/Downloads/Photos needs to be saved to Google Drive. You can do this by double clicking on the individual folders.

  3. Once in the folder select all of the files that you would like to save to Google drive. command+A (on your keyboard) will select all files, or command+left mouse click will select them individually.

  4. Go to your ‘My Drive’ in Google Drive, you can then create a new folder or drag files into a folder you want.

  5. Then you just need to left click and drag your files from File Explorer into the folder you have specified in Google Drive.

Linux backing up

  1. Go to Files and select everything you have in your Folders then drag them to your Google Drive.

Google Drive Desktop App

The Google Drive app can also be installed to make things easier:

https://www.google.com/drive/download/