Phre0nBurn

Ok guys... I was fucking around with a few ways to simplify storing files on the web so I can access them from other devices/locations, and I stumbled across this...

Basically, it will add a fake 'drive' to your My Computer folder. When you drag files to that 'drive', it will email a copy of the file to the Gmail address, and thus store it on the Gmail server.

For those of you that don't know (n00bs), Gmail is free, and at the time of this posting, each free account gives you 7.07GB of storage.

Anyways... Click Here to download the Drive Shell extension.

While that is downloading (small file), head HERE and create yourself a Gmail account just for storing files. I made my email my first name and last name, followed by 'storage' (ie: [email protected]).

The reason you don't want to use an existing address is because:

a) You will have to weed out your files from your emails, and it just gets cluttered and becomes a bitch
b) If the government ever raids your place, there is less of a chance of them knowing you have the email address... Which contains backups of the Skittles Thread
c) If you access your Gmail accounts with Thunderbird, as I do, you will send files to your Gmail account, and thus right back to your computer. And that would just be retarded.


Once the download is done, extract the archive, and double click the 'Setup' file. It will install quickly, and shouldn't need any user input. Once it's done, go ahead and go to your "My Computer" folder.

You will see a new drive labeled "GMail Drive"

Right click on "GMail Drive" and then click on "Properties"

For username, just put in your Gmail username (GeorgeBushStorage), and not full email address ([email protected])

If you can't figure out what to put in the "password" field, you suck at life.

Check the "Auto Login" box, and then hit "OK"

It will now log you in, and then a "Drive Properties" box will pop up. This just shows you how much space you have used, and how much you have remaining. This box pops up each time you login, so get used to just hitting the "Ok" button to close it.

Now, simply drag and drop files onto the icon for the GMail Drive in your "My Computer" folder!

Nothing will pop up or anything, it will automatically send it to your Gmail account!

For future reference, you will need to log in to your drive each time you have logged out or rebooted your computer. To do this, just right click on the drive and then click "Login As..."

A box will pop up and ask for your Gmail password... Put it in, hit Ok

And you are back in business.

HINT: To really take advantage of this, use a proxy to create yourself 10-20 Gmail accounts. Store the Gmail addresses, user names, and passwords in an Excel spreadsheet. When one is full, simply change the Drive Settings to access a new account!

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FatalError

Are we living in the 90s?

kingfish

Pretty sure theres some good programs you can get to do this for you

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HarveyJ

Nice spot, Phre0n. I haven't seen Gdrive being talked about in ages.
The yshut it down a while back, so I stopped using it. I didn't realise it had been reopened.

The alternative that I started to use was DropBox.

You can install it on multiple computers, and get access to the files in the box at any time.
It works across Windows, Linux and MacOS. There's supposedly a WM and iPhone version in the works, but I think they're vapourware to be honest.
The added benefit is that you can also add things to a public folder, and give access rights to other DropBox users. So if you're doing a collab project with someone, and you're across time zones or something, it's pretty handy.

Dropbox - Home - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.

Might move back to Gdrive, considering that you do get more than 2gb out of it nowadays.
Then again, do I want Google linking me to Skittles when they eventually get taken over by a neofascist Government?

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subigo

Dropbox - Home - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy. - FTW

Been using it for over a year.

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powell1

Windows Live SkyDrive

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LazyHippy

I looked into a lot of online backup solutions a little while back and personally I really like IDrive.

You get 12Gb free if you give them a few email addresses of "friends" , great interface (desktop app, virtual drive & online), fast & easy and goes up to 500Gb (if you need and want to pay that much).

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membershipacad

Then what happens when Google goes down huh huh!?!

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Phre0nBurn

lol thanks guys
Took me a few to write up...

This solution works well for me simply because I have an external HDD that I backup to, but sometimes I need to transfer things from computer to computer, and I don't have any blank CD's or a thumb drive, so this solves the problem.

Also handy when you work with people that don't know how to download anything that isn't an email attachment (like my mom)

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drugoon

Well, there are a lot of solutions that are pretty, easy to use (it is just a folder or a new drive on your system) and free
I refer to :
-Syncplicity (great for sync)
-Getdropbox
-NomaDesk (it also encrypt the local storage disk, and can delete the data if you report the computer stolen, pretty cool...)
-Idrive
and more, not to mention microsoft's Mesh (which would be a great product without all the damn bugs).

But what I am looking for is something that can keep 2 computers (or more) in sync without internet acces. As all solutions are working via P2P, if you don't have internet you cannot sync. I just need something to work over lan, without having to share all the damn folders I want to sync....

jryan21

Gnucleus Lan has been around a while, but it can do what you are looking for.