The harddisk which you are using might crash and you always need a backup solution for future retrieval of the important files that you have. There is always a need for backup of your content by larger audience and what can be more reliable data backup source than Gmail Drive which I am going to explain you here.

What is Gmail Drive

With Gmail Drive you can create a virtual hard drive on your computer and use as a storage medium. So what does this Gmail Drive do? Its acts like a FTP Client to upload your data to your Google Gmail account storage. You might be knowing that you can storage upto 7.1 GB per Gmail Account for storage. Gmail Drive acts as a online drive where you can upload files from your hard drive directly and you can access the data from anywhere where you have the availability of Internet.

How to upload Files to Gmail Drive
You can upload your files and folders by simply drag and drop into the Gmail Drive or by using standard cut and paste. When you add a file it sends an email to your Gmail Account with file name and file as the attachment. If you delete delete the file from the Gmail Drive present on your hard drive, it gets deleted from the email.

How much data can you store in Gmail Drive

Right now Google Gmail allows to store upto 7.3 GB of data per Gmail Account. Most of the people don’t use the available space and 90% of Gmail users use only 10% of their storage capacity. Gmail Drive allows you to use the full 7.3 GB of data.

Is this Free? Where to Download from?

As always Google offers many of their services for free, Gmail Drive too is a free service. You can download Gmail Drive from any of the software sharing site and I would suggest you download it from Download.com.

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