Can you backup your PC to Google Drive?

Google Drive, a cloud service that is popular with many users around the world. You may often back up files to Google Drive, or back up data in other formats to Google Drive. To better secure your computer data, systems, etc., you may ask if you can backup computer to Google Drive. The answer is yes. We are here to prepare 3 effective ways for you to backup your computer.

3 efficient ways to backup PC to Google Drive

How to backup computer to Google Drive? Here we will introduce 3 ways for you. You can choose the Google Drive official web app or desktop app to back up your PC files, or you can use a professional cloud backup tool to backup your entire PC to Google Drive directly.

Way 1. Backup PC to Google Drive with website app

Let’s get started with the Google Drive website app. In this way, you can backup your PC files and folders to Google Drive without downloading any software else. Follow the steps below:

1. On the Google Drive page, sign in to your Google Drive account.

2. Choose My Drive on the left menu. And click on the Upload files or Upload folder option in the pop-up window.

3. You can select your PC files or folders in the pop-up window and then press Open to backup them to Google Drive.

Way 2. Backup PC to Google Drive via desktop app

In addition to website app, Google Drive also provides a desktop app for free. Google Drive for Desktop can help you to create auto backup folder tasks to save you some time. If you want to use such a desktop application, please refer to the following steps:

1. First, download and install the Drive for Desktop app on your PC.

2. On this page, press Sign in with browser to sign in to your Google Drive account properly.

3. Choose the My Computer > Add folder to select your PC folder that needs to be backed up.

4. Choose Sync with Google Drive and Done in the next pop-up window. After that, click on Save for your backup.

5. After the above, press START to backup your PC folders to Google Drive directly.

Way 3. The ultimate way to backup PC to Google Drive

If you want to back up not only PC files and folders to Google Drive, but your entire computer to Google Drive, “how to backup my computer to Google Drive”? Here comes the ultimate solution - a free easy cloud backup software called CBackup.

CBackup is a professional cloud backup software and allows you to backup Windows to Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and more mainstream cloud drives directly. What’s more, you can use the Scheduler feature in CBackup to make your backup tasks automatic and regular, which can save you much time and effort.

In addition, CBackup provides some useful features for free like:

Sync to public cloud: CBackup can help you to create sync tasks to from PC to public cloud.

Combine cloud storage: CBackup can let you get more free cloud storage space. It allows you to merge unlimited cloud storage accounts to one combined cloud with an unlimited cloud storage space.

How to backup your computer to Google Drive? Click on the Download CBackup button, and follow the easy steps to do it:

1. Sign up for a new CBackup account and launch the CBackup application to log into your new account.

2. Choose the Storage tab. Next, choose Google Drive to Authorize Now. Please authorize to CBackup.

3. In the Backup tab, click on Backup PC to Public Cloud.

4. You can change Task Name of your backup, then choose the entire PC as the backup source, and choose the Google Drive account you just added to CBackup as the backup destination. Finally, click Start Backup to backup your PC to Google Drive.

Bonus tip: check your Google Drive storage

Although there is no file size limit for backing up your PC with CBackup, you need to make sure you have enough space on your Google Drive to store your entire computer data. Please follow the steps below to check:

1. On the Google Drive website, press the gear icon to choose Settings.

2. In the General part, you can check the storage space of your Google Drive account.

If you do not want to spend too much on more cloud storage, you can use combined cloud in CBackup to get unlimited Google storage for free:

1. You can add your Google Drive accounts to CBacup likewise, then press + Add Combined Cloud.

2. Choose the cloud storage accounts that you want to merge, and click Next. After determining the order of your cloud drives, choose Combine.

3. When you get to create a backup task, choose Backup > Backup PC to Combined Cloud, then you can choose the Combined Cloud as the backup destination to enjoy more cloud storage.

To sum up

How to backup my PC to Google Drive? Now, you have learned 3 different ways to do it. If you want to back up PC files and folders mainly, you can choose the official Google Drive web app or desktop app. If you want to backup entire PC to Google Drive and do not want to backup manually, CBackup can be your best choice.