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Google Drive
Use Cases
- Lost access to Google Drive due to account takeover or account shut down by Google
- Lost access to Google Drive due to Google error or outage
- Lost access to Google Drive due to lost password
- Data corruption
Create Google Drive Backup
There are two ways to create a backup of your Google Drive data.
- Directly from the Google Drive web interface (faster)
- Using Google Takeout
Creating a Backup of Google Drive From Web Interface
- Open Google Drive from your browser (https://drive.google.com)
- Click on "My Drive" on the left menu
3. Press
Ctrl-Ato select all files and folders 4. Click the Download button as shown in the screenshot below !Pasted image 20240523170337.png 5. You will see a notification in the lower right corner of your browser indicating that Google is compressing (zipping) the files up in preparation for download. 6. Once the download is ready you will see a box pop up asking where you want to save the file. You can choose to save to your "Downloads" folder or another folder of your choice. 7. Move the backup file to your network backup folder.
Creating a Backup of Google Drive Using Google Takeout
- Open Google Takeout from your browser (https://takeout.google.com)
- Under "Create a new export", Google automatically selects most of the products by default. Click the "Deselect all" link 3. Now, with no products selected, scroll down to "Drive" and click the box to select it. 4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Next step". 5. On the "Choose file type, frequency, and destination", leave everything default except for "File size". Change this to "10GB". 6. Click "Create export". 7. The export process can sometimes take a while but once it completes, you will receive an email with a link to download your Google Drive data. 8. Once you've downloaded your data, it will be zipped, move it to your network backup folder.