If you have a Gmail Account and till now you are using it only for accessing or sending mails to your account then now it is time to extends features. Do you know that you can use your Gmail account as a online backup space which you can access from your pc like a spare hard disk using Windows Explorer.

To enable this feature you need to have a small utility called Gmail Drive Shell Extension which will create a virtual drive connected to your Gmail account where you can upload files up to 25 mb. Though you can access your files from you pc where you have installed the shell extension easily like a hard disk but what most of ask how to access these files from else where where this shell extension not installed…..

There is also a solution available…. however its true you can not get a drive letter on any computer else where but if it has an internet connection then go to your gmail account there you will find e-mail appears in your normal Inbox folder, with the files you have uploaded as an attachment. GMail Drive periodically checks your mail account (using the Gmail search function) to see if new files have arrived and to rebuild the directory structures. This is how you can also access the files anywhere with an internet connection and Gmail Account But basically GMail Drive acts as any other hard-drive installed on your computer.

You can copy files to and from the GMail Drive folder simply by using drag’n’drop like you’re used to with the normal Explorer folders.

Because the Gmail files will clutter up your Inbox folder, you may wish to create a filter in Gmail to automatically move the files (prefixed with the GMAILFS letters in the subject) to your archived mail folder.

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Plz also keep in mind that this feature or application be suspended any time whenever  Google decides to block its usage…. until then enjoy and enhance services with Gmail.

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