Do you use Google Drive?

floridaorange · 11-27-2022, 07:56 AM

If you do - did any of your important files magically become "shortcuts?"

And if so, did you lose any of your files?

Google drive lost a very important spreadsheet of mine and their customer service has not been able to locate it. I pay for extra storage - have had this file for 8 yrs - after hours of customer service trying to figure out what happened - still nothing.

Tommy-G · 11-27-2022, 11:17 AM

I have it but haven’t used it in like 5 years

x622 · 11-27-2022, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by floridaorange

If you do - did any of your important files magically become "shortcuts?"

And if so, did you lose any of your files?

Google drive lost a very important spreadsheet of mine and their customer service has not been able to locate it. I pay for extra storage - have had this file for 8 yrs - after hours of customer service trying to figure out what happened - still nothing.

Google products in general are a disaster and good luck getting support on them. I've had a similar issue, and have never found the data again and this is on a Gmail account that's been active since gmail was invite only.

I suggest you look at backblaze for storing your files in addition to your google drive if you value your data.

Kilabyte · 11-28-2022, 12:41 AM

I've been using Dropbox for years. 2TB of storage and I've had zero issues (knocks on wood)

eluded · 11-28-2022, 02:47 AM

OneDrive

ryan stewart · 11-28-2022, 06:33 AM

Been using it for ages without an issue.

floridaorange · 11-28-2022, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by x622

Quote:

Originally Posted by floridaorange

If you do - did any of your important files magically become "shortcuts?"

And if so, did you lose any of your files?

Google drive lost a very important spreadsheet of mine and their customer service has not been able to locate it. I pay for extra storage - have had this file for 8 yrs - after hours of customer service trying to figure out what happened - still nothing.

Google products in general are a disaster and good luck getting support on them. I've had a similar issue, and have never found the data again and this is on a Gmail account that's been active since gmail was invite only.

I suggest you look at backblaze for storing your files in addition to your google drive if you value your data.

Same here - i've used gmail since 1999 - drive was fine for me until it wasn't - been on the phone with them - they cannot find the spreadsheet I had access to days ago. I never thought i needed to back it up over the yrs of no issues - naive me.

FullFatDoom · 11-28-2022, 07:30 PM

Yes, I like it

ShortSides · 11-28-2022, 08:26 PM

MSFT One Drive or nothing.

RickFLM4 · 11-28-2022, 08:59 PM

Nope I use Dropbox.

wtwo3 · 11-28-2022, 09:43 PM

I use Google drive but not really for important work related stuff. I use it more for photos and vacation planning or random lists.

MurrayB · 11-30-2022, 07:29 AM

Dropbox - it works great across devices.

dizz81 · 11-30-2022, 12:37 PM

I have used it for years. Everything I have on google drive I have stored somewhere else just in case something like this happens.

floridaorange · 12-02-2022, 09:01 AM

They are asking for this, hopefully I can figure out how.

RickFLM4 · 12-02-2022, 02:45 PM

Hopefully Norbert is a real person who works for Google’s outsourced support provider.

floridaorange · 12-02-2022, 04:16 PM

😂
I've been on the phone with them via the google drive chat app - directly from google. Not a scam.

Dang3r · 12-02-2022, 04:33 PM

I use it only for cellphone back ups, not more.

cooolone2 · 12-05-2022, 09:02 PM

Yes, never an issue for years. Maddening that it doesn't allow all true file operations like multiple folder selection and such. But never lost files to my knowledge. Have multiple accounts! But any critical data is also saved locally on removable media.

Good Luck

floridaorange · 12-06-2022, 12:36 PM

They found my 13 yr old file... Turns out it was originally created under my wifes maiden name/email address. They ran their recovery software and found it. I'm still in shock and extremely pleased it was recovered!

tranquility · 12-06-2022, 03:27 PM

Norbert? What??

To answer the OP, hell no, I'm not putting anything important/sensitive on the 'cloud'.

floridaorange · 12-06-2022, 03:37 PM

Pamela ftw actually

. When the file was first created in 2010 it wasn't important - but now it's very important

11-27-2022, 11:17 AM	#2
Tommy-G Captain 4,712 REP 694 Posts Drives: 2015 435 Vert Alpine White Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bradenton FL iTrader: (0)	I have it but haven’t used it in like 5 years
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11-28-2022, 12:41 AM	#4
Kilabyte I'm Batman! 4,030 REP 1,618 Posts Drives: Mineral White M3 6MT Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (1)	I've been using Dropbox for years. 2TB of storage and I've had zero issues (knocks on wood) __________________ S55, 2JZ, M48.00, N55 Last edited by Kilabyte; 11-28-2022 at 12:48 AM..
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11-28-2022, 02:47 AM	#5
eluded 2JZ-GTE 3,204 REP 4,199 Posts Drives: 340 6MT, 50e, others Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Sofia iTrader: (0)	OneDrive __________________ A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
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11-28-2022, 06:33 AM	#6
ryan stewart Major 2,255 REP 1,364 Posts Drives: 2008 328it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Been using it for ages without an issue.
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11-28-2022, 07:30 PM	#8
FullFatDoom Space Marine 187 REP 186 Posts Drives: 2022 X5 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: Northeast iTrader: (0)	Yes, I like it
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11-28-2022, 08:26 PM	#9
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11-28-2022, 08:59 PM	#10
RickFLM4 Brigadier General 12,092 REP 4,884 Posts Drives: M4 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: PB County, FL iTrader: (0)	Nope I use Dropbox. __________________ Current: 2018 SO/SS F83 ZCP Gone: 2015 SO/SO F82
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11-28-2022, 09:43 PM	#11
wtwo3 Major General 19,267 REP 5,709 Posts Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: IL iTrader: (0) Garage List 2024 Mini Cooper S ... [10.00] 2023 BMW M3 [9.40] 2023 BMW X7 40i [9.75]	I use Google drive but not really for important work related stuff. I use it more for photos and vacation planning or random lists. __________________ 2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i 2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima
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11-30-2022, 07:29 AM	#12
MurrayB Private First Class 101 REP 146 Posts Drives: 2020 BMW M340ix Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Tampa Bay/Longport NJ iTrader: (0)	Dropbox - it works great across devices.
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11-30-2022, 12:37 PM	#13
dizz81 Moving on 641 REP 428 Posts Drives: 22 CT5V Blackwing Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: SOCAL iTrader: (1)	I have used it for years. Everything I have on google drive I have stored somewhere else just in case something like this happens. __________________ 2011 Blk M3 ESS VT2 625/ES Race Sold 2018 MW F82 ZCP 6spd Sold 23 M550ix (Aurora) Sold 22 CT5V Blackwing (Ruby) Sold 24 Porsche 992.1 T 7MT
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12-02-2022, 02:45 PM	#15
RickFLM4 Brigadier General 12,092 REP 4,884 Posts Drives: M4 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: PB County, FL iTrader: (0)	Hopefully Norbert is a real person who works for Google’s outsourced support provider. __________________ Current: 2018 SO/SS F83 ZCP Gone: 2015 SO/SO F82
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12-02-2022, 04:33 PM	#17
Dang3r Schmollbraten 12,477 REP 1,985 Posts Drives: M4CPC // HP4 Comp. Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Liandri Central Core iTrader: (0)	I use it only for cellphone back ups, not more. __________________ Citizen of ///M - Town, where too much is just right Some say, that my scrotum has its own small gravity field and when Im slowing down that brake lights come on at my buttox
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12-05-2022, 09:02 PM	#18
cooolone2 Captain 714 REP 760 Posts Drives: 20' M240iX B58, 01' 330XI E46 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: NY, USA iTrader: (0)	Yes, never an issue for years. Maddening that it doesn't allow all true file operations like multiple folder selection and such. But never lost files to my knowledge. Have multiple accounts! But any critical data is also saved locally on removable media. Good Luck
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12-06-2022, 03:27 PM	#20
tranquility sportscars only 3,566 REP 3,280 Posts Drives: 2011 Z4 sDrive 35i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montréal iTrader: (0)	Norbert? What?? To answer the OP, hell no, I'm not putting anything important/sensitive on the 'cloud'. __________________ The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation...It's bullsh*t. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal...Now you're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you buddy?
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