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====== Google Drive ====== | ====== Google Drive ====== | ||
- | Google Drive is Google' | + | Google Drive is Google' |
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- | **Faculty and staff should not do this.** | + | |
- | In this guide you will redirect your data folders to your Google Drive. Doing so will keep your data automatically synchronized with Google Drive so that if you ever lose your laptop you always have the most recent versions of your files available. In order to restore your files, simply follow these steps again and merge the folders when asked. | + | |
- | Note that these steps can also be followed for [[https:// | + | To back up the files on your current computer, sign in to the Backup |
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- | - Close out all programs that might be accessing | + | |
- | - Open the Start Menu and search for " | + | |
- | - Open Google Drive from the Start Menu. | + | |
- | - Sign-in with your @lasallehs.net email address and network password. | + | |
- | - At the welcome screen, click " | + | |
- | - When you are shown your Google | + | |
- | - Move the Google Drive window to the right side of your screen. | + | |
- | - Open another copy of explorer by pressing Windows Key + E. | + | |
- | - In the address bar, type '' | + | |
- | - Once you are viewing your personal folder, move that window to the left side of your screen. | + | |
- | - Hold down the CTRL key and select | + | |
- | * Desktop | + | |
- | * My Documents | + | |
- | * My Music | + | |
- | * My Pictures | + | |
- | * My Videos | + | |
- | - Click and drag the folders over into the " | + | |
- | - You should see Google Drive sync icons appear on top of the folders in your personal folder on the left side of the screen. | + | |
- | - Your documents are now being backed | + | |
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- | ===== Google Drive Document Redirection Video Guide ===== | + | |
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+ | - From your start menu, open the **Google Drive** application. | ||
+ | - Click Sign in with browser. You will be directed to login to your Google account via your web browser. Log in. | ||
+ | - At the "Make sure that you downloaded this app from Google" | ||
+ | - At the success screen, you can close the browser. | ||
+ | - Click the Open Preferences prompt that appears near the bottom right of the screen. | ||
+ | - If you miss it, you can click the triangle in the bottom-right of the screen, click the Drive icon (colored triangle), then choose the gear in the top-right. From there click preferences. | ||
+ | - At the "Get started with Drive for Desktop" | ||
+ | - At the Safely back up your files screen, choose "Add folder" | ||
+ | - From the left pane, click Documents, and then Select Folder. | ||
+ | - Click Done. | ||
+ | - Repeat these steps for the folders: Pictures, Music, Videos. | ||
+ | - Click Save. | ||
+ | - Your folders will now be backed up to Google Drive. You can close the Google Drive Preferences window. | ||
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google_drive.1407258645.txt.gz · Last modified: 2014/08/05 13:10 by abrashear