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34 lines
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# Google Drive
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Use Cases
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* Lost access to Google Drive due to account takeover or account shut down by Google
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* Lost access to Google Drive due to Google error or outage
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* Lost access to Google Drive due to lost password
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* Data corruption
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# Create Google Drive Backup
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There are two ways to create a backup of your Google Drive data.
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1. Directly from the Google Drive web interface (faster)
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2. Using Google Takeout
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## Creating a Backup of Google Drive From Web Interface
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1. Open Google Drive from your browser (https://drive.google.com)
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2. Click on "My Drive" on the left menu
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3. Press `Ctrl-A` to select all files and folders
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4. Click the Download button as shown in the screenshot below ![[Pasted image 20240523170337.png|500]]
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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.
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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.
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7. Move the backup file to your network backup folder.
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## Creating a Backup of Google Drive Using Google Takeout
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1. Open Google Takeout from your browser (https://takeout.google.com)
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2. Under "Create a new export", Google automatically selects most of the products by default. Click the "Deselect all" link
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3. Now, with no products selected, scroll down to "Drive" and click the box to select it.
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4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Next step".
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5. On the "Choose file type, frequency, and destination", leave everything default except for "File size". Change this to "10GB".
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6. Click "Create export".
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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.
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8. Once you've downloaded your data, it will be zipped, move it to your network backup folder. |