Backup & Sync: The ridiculous steps you need to move the Google Drive from the C: drive to the D: drive
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/27
Unlike for instance DropBox, Google Backup & Sync does not allow you do move the Google Drive location in a one-step way. You have to go through below ridiculous steps to move it around yourself.
A comment on G+ indicated I should try Insync. Not free, but way more stable and more features.
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[WayBack] Unlike for instance DropBox, Google Backup & Sync does not allow you do move … – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – G+
I got them via [Archive.is] Change default location of Backup and Sync Folder on disk. – Google Product Forums, rephrased and added screenshots:
- Quit Backup and Sync:
- Mirror the files to the D: drive:
robocopy /mir "C:\Users\ix500\Google Drive" "D:\Users\ix500\Google Drive" - Renamed the old directory:
C:\Users\ix500>rename "Google Drive" "GoogleDrive.original" - Started Backup and Sync:
- Got a second notification:
- Located the folder:
- Confirmed the location:
- Now the preferences shows the new location:
In the past, Google Drive did not have this feature either, but had different steps:
[WayBack] Change the Google Drive default folder | G Suite Tips
–jeroen
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