Google Drive is a commonly used cloud service for file storage and sharing. To be specific, you can select multiple folders on computer and sync them to Google Drive, or in other words, sync Google Drive with PC. Thus even if your PC breaks down, these files will stay safe. And if you sign-in the same account on another device, you can sync Google Drive to that computer for further using.
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Compared with direct uploading & downloading, synchronization is a more convenient way and usually implemented by a desktop app of corresponding cloud service. But please note Google Drive app for PC has been replaced by Google Backup and Sync, with which you can also sync computer to Google Drive or vice versa.
In the following article, I’ll introduce how to sync Google Drive with PC folders using Backup and Sync, and also an alternative in case you want a more flexible solution to manage data between computer and cloud.
Currently we are using Google Drive on a terminal server (Windows Server 2012) where our users RDP into. Our users have been receiving the message “Google Drive is going away for Mac/PC.” You wrote that Drive File Sync is not supported by Windows Server editions, but I also read from Google’s documentation that neither is Backup and Sync.
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How to Sync Google Drive with PC Using Backup and Sync?
Backup and Sync is a convenient tool enables you to sync computer to Google Drive and sync Google Drive to computer. It’s practical, easy-to-use, yet also has some deficiencies:
It’s called Backup and Sync, but it actually only supports automatic file sync. Any changes you made to selected PC folders will be synchronized to Google Drive automatically, therefore it’s difficult to retrieve an earlier version.
It’s not a backup & restore tool, so you can’t backup PC to Google Drive, nor can you backup the operating system in case of system failures.
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What’s more, this app only works between Google Drive and computers. It’s fine with a loyal user of Google, but if you own more than one cloud drive or storage device, you may need an alternative with wider application range to manage data transferring.
By and large, Backup and Sync is an effective tool for Google Drive synchronization, you can read this tutorial about how to set it up.
1. Download Backup and Sync for Windows here. It can back up all of your content to the cloud, easily access your files in Google Drive and your photos in Google Photos.
2. Install and Sign in it. Enter your Google account and password, after authenticating, it will jump to the next interface.
3. In My Computer/Laptop, you can choose folders to continuously back up to Google Drive (click CHOOSE FOLDER to add other folders), select upload size for photos and videos, or upload photos and videos to Google Photos if you want. That is, you can also sync Google Photos with PC.
Click Backing up all files and foldes, you can choose File Types to sync. If you want to exclude files with specific format, expand Advanced settings and then enter the extensions you want to ignore.
4. After setting up PC to Google Drive sync, you can go to the next part.
In Google Drive page, ticking Sync My Drive to this computer will sync Google Drive to PC folder. If you simply want to sync computer folders to Google Drive, but don’t want to do it the other way around, then just uncheck this option.
Also, you can click Change... to modify the path of Google Drive folder on PC, choose to sync everything in My Drive or only selected folders.
5. Click START to confirm all the settings and perform the synchronization. Google will provide continuous data protection to these files.
Free Alternative to Sync Google Drive with PC in Windows 10/8/7
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☛ With it, you can create multiple backup & sync tasks at the same time to build a flexible data protection strategy. Not only Google Drive, you are allowed to manage more storage locations such as OneDrive, Dropbox, external hard drive, USB drive, NAS, local PC, etc.
☛ You can sync folders to cloud drive with a schedule, or use advanced sync modes in advanced editions. As for backup, you can back up not only folders, but also system/partition/disk directly.
☛ For important files and folders that you want to capture different versions of them, you can set up a scheduled backup on regular basis, and run it in incremental mode to save space.
Google Drive Sync
How to sync Google Drive with PC folders:
1. Open the software, click Sync on the left pane and choose Basic Sync. This mode is available in all editions, with it, files will be synchronized from source directory to target directory.
You can upgrade to Professional edition to enjoy following sync modes: Real-Time Sync: Sync changed files from source directory to target directory in real time. It doesn’t need a schedule. Mirror Sync: Always keep the files in target directory exactly same as the source. Any changes mistakenly made to target directory will be erased at next synchronization. Two-Way Sync: Any changes made to source directory or target directory will be synchronized to the other side.
2. Click Add Folder to select folders you want to sync. You can repeat this process to add multiple folders.
In advanced editions, you can click the funnel icon beside source folder to include or exclude the file formats to sync.
3. To sync computer to Google Drive, click the small triangle beside the destination select box, choose Select a cloud drive in the drop-down menu, select Google Drive in the popping out window and click OK.
4. Set up a Schedule on Daily/Weekly/Monthly basis and click Start Sync to start synchronization.
In advanced editions, you can also choose Event triggers and USB plug in.
In this way, you can sync Google Drive with PC folders automatically. If you want to do it another way around – sync Google Drive to PC, just select the source directory as the Google Drive folder on PC.
If you want to backup PC to Google Drive, just switch to Backup tab, choose File Backup/Partition Backup/Disk Backup/System Backup as you like.
Verdict
If you want to sync Google Drive with PC continuously, you could use Backup and Sync developed by Google to specify the folders you want to sync. It supports Google Drive to computer sync as well.
However, this tool is only for Google Drive, and there’s also some inconvenience using it. If you have multiple cloud drives or devices to manage, or you want to backup PC to Google Drive in addition to synchronization, AOMEI Backupper is a good choice with high compatibility and complete features.
With it, you can also sync network folder to Google Drive, sync NAS to Google Drive, sync cloud drive to external hard drive, etc. Even if you want to backup Windows Server to cloud, there’s a Server edition can help.
If you are running Google Drive as a windows service with AlwaysUp, beware: Google Drive is going away. The folks in Mountain View broke the news in a recent G Suite update, stating:
Google Drive will no longer be supported starting on December 11th, 2017, and it will shut down completely on March 12th, 2018.
I’m using Google Drive. What should I do?
Google isn’t leaving its users stranded. Their new Backup and Sync application is an excellent (and free) replacement for Google Drive. Just uninstall the old program, install and configure the new application and you will be good to go!
But if your goal is quickly and easily access your files in Drive from your PC, then you should also consider Drive File Stream. This new application — which will be publicly available on September 26 2017 — lists your files in Google Drive as a special folder on your PC and allows you to grab those files on demand. Drive File Stream uses less disk space than Backup and Sync, is less taxing of your network bandwidth and also boasts offline access. However, whereas Backup and Sync will happily copy files from whatever folders you designate, Drive File Stream only synchronizes the files explicitly placed in its “My Drive” folder. This may be an issue if the files you want to share span many folders across your PC. Check out this page comparing the similar products to find out which one is right for you.
One important note: Drive File Stream is not supported on Windows Server editions. This is a curious restriction for a product aimed at “G Suite Enterprise, Business and Education customers” — a group that routinely runs server products. Backup and Sync has no such limitation.
Can I run Backup and Sync as a Windows Service with AlwaysUp?
Yes! The setup is very similar to what we recommend in our Google Drive tutorial.
The full path to the Backup and Sync executable is:
Specify it in the Application field on the General tab:
Here is a screenshot of Backup and Sync running with AlwaysUp on Windows Server 2016:
So far so good!
We will continue to test the Backup and Sync service for a couple more weeks and write up a step-by-step “setup guide” to help future customers. A tutorial for Drive File Stream will follow once that software has been officially released (near the end of 2017).
Finally, good luck migrating from Google Drive to Backup and Sync. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you encounter trouble running Backup and Sync as a Windows Service!