turn your gmail account into a 7gb drive

nickj_2

here's a niffty download that will add gmail as a 7.5gb drive to my computer ,anything that you want to back up , just drag into the drive and it will send it as an email + attachment to your gmail account automatically


http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/GMail-Drive-shell-extension.shtml

bat999

nickj wrote: »

here's a niffty download that will add gmail as a 7.5gb drive to my computer ...

Where do you get the 7.5GB from?
My account only allows 1GB of storage space AFAIK.

d123

bat999 wrote: »

Where do you get the 7.5GB from?
My account only allows 1GB of storage space AFAIK.

you are being shortchanged

from my gmail account

You are currently using 79MB (1%) of your 7555MB.

Richie-from-the-Boro

bat999 wrote: »

Where do you get the 7.5GB from?
My account only allows 1GB of storage space AFAIK.

I've got 5 different 7GiG accounts, had them for years. Maybe its a legacy thing I've had mine since the days you could not get one .. .. unless you were invited by an existing ' gmailer '

Stompa

nickj wrote: »

here's a niffty download that will add gmail as a 7.5gb drive to my computer ,anything that you want to back up , just drag into the drive and it will send it as an email + attachment to your gmail account automatically

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/GMail-Drive-shell-extension.shtml

It's worth bearing in mind though that:

GMail Drive is an experimental package that depends on but is not provided by Google. Changes in Google's Gmail system may render GMail Drive temporarily or permanently inoperable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMail_Drive

Pound

7 GB isn't much in terms of data storage these days. If you store your data externally like this you run the risk of losing it, if Google lock your account or someone else being able to access it, if they get into your Google account.

bat999

d123 wrote: »

you are being shortchanged

My BAD

You are currently using 9 MB (0%) of your 7555 MB.

......:o

Richie-from-the-Boro

Pound wrote: »

7 GB isn't much in terms of data storage these days. If you store your data externally like this you run the risk of losing it, if Google lock your account or someone else being able to access it, if they get into your Google account.

Hasn't happened to me in more than a decade. I've stored all sorts of bits and uploaded stuff for others to access and download.

Hammyman

...or alternatively sign up to Microsoft Live Skydrive and get 25GB free.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Hammyman wrote: »

...or alternatively sign up to Microsoft Live Skydrive and get 25GB free.

Gmail is and always was faultless, SkyDrive can be a pig, but yes it is an altenative :beer:

debitcardmayhem

Just a question of course being a DA , how long will it take to store(upload) 7.5Gb (or skydrive 25Gb) over my 384kbs upload speed , and does this count towards my 10Gb download limit. Answers on a postcard please For the ease of calculating let's assume I am only uploading and not surfing whilst I wait.