

Note : You won’t be able to backup and sync using the Linux operating system as Google doesn’t provide the official client. The default path to find your Google Drive folder is: When you install Google Drive, the folder will be saved in a default location on your computer unless you choose to save it in a specific folder. Open the Google Drive folder on your desktop.How to access Google Drive from a desktop computer: How to access Google Drive from a web browser (any device): Once your files have synced, you can access them from any browser on any device. If you work on the road or often use different devices other than your home computer, you’ll want to make sure you know how to access Google Drive files from anywhere. Clicking the Open link now will grant us access to the shared content. Once complete, we will return to our Invitation email. This will allow you to create a log in just for Google Drive without creating a new email address.Ĭontinue following the steps to complete creating this new account. From here, be sure to choose “Use My Current Email Address Instead”. Now we are brought to a Create Your Google Account page. Because the RECIPIENT email address is not currently registered with Google, we need to click “Create Account” and “For Myself”. When the RECIPIENT opens the invitation email, it will come from the “OPEN” link will open a Google Sign In page. The following instructions walk through the process of authenticating your existing email address to Google Drive without creating a Gmail mailbox. If your email is not a Gmail or G Suite domain, then you will need to associate your email address with Google for authentication. If a file or folder has been shared to your non-gmail account, the OWNER\SENDER will see a warning stating the “recipient doesn’t have a Google account”. However, we can still access the Google Drive shared content by associating our existing email address with Google.


Invitations to a shared Google Drive file or folder require a Google account to sign in to the Google Drive service.
