Google Drive: Synchronize Windows files

If you want to save your content on Windows computer regularly, then you can synchronize the files with Google Drive. For this purpose, Google offers you the "Backup & Sync" application. With this it is possible to select a folder that is regularly backed up to Google Drive.

How to sync your Windows files with Google Drive

If you want to secure certain content from your Windows computer to Google Drive, there are several applications available. Google has been offering you the new desktop application "Backup & Sync" for some time.

1. Download Backup & Sync from the official Google website and start the installation.
2. Follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the process.
3. Start the program and click "Start Now".
4. In the next step, log in with your current Google data. Do you not yet have a Google account, you have the option here to create a new one.
5. After you have entered your password in the further process, click on "Sign in".
6. Now you can select all the folders on your computer that you want to upload to Google Drive. In addition, these are synchronized at regular intervals, so no files are lost.
7. Next, you can select whether the files that are currently in Google Drive should be downloaded to your computer.
8. About the "Google Cloud icon" in the bottom right of the taskbar, you access your Google Drive folder at any time.