Google drive's free cloud storage
service allows you to upload files from
your computer and access them from
anywhere if you upload a file click the
new button then select file upload a
dialog box will appear you can locate
and select the file on your computer
then click open
that's it the file will be uploaded to
your Google Drive if you're looking for
a faster method you can also click and
drag files right into your browser
window to upload them and if you're
using the Google Chrome web browser you
can actually upload entire folders of
files at once this can help you save
time if you want to put a lot of files
onto your Google Drive at once do note
that you'll only be able to upload
folders to drive if you're using the
Google Chrome web browser Google Drive
also allows you to preview and edit many
different types of files even if you
don't have the software for that file on
your computer for example let's take a
look at this spreadsheet I uploaded that
was originally created in Microsoft
Excel you can just double-click the file
to open it and a preview of the file
will appear now if you want to edit the
file select open at the top of the
screen a new version of the file will be
created in a Google Drive format do keep
in mind that when converting a file to
Google Drive format you might see some
issues especially with formatting still
all of my data are here and it's easy to
edit them
if we go back to our Google Drive we can
see that there are now two versions of
this spreadsheet the original
spreadsheet that was created in Excel
and the new Google Drive file
note that the icons also vary depending
on what type of file it is finally if
you're pointing on using Google Drive
for editing a lot of documents you may
not want to have to convert each one
manually if you prefer certain files can
be converted to Google Docs format
automatically on upload to do this
locate and select the gear icon near the
upper right corner select settings then
check the box for convert uploaded files
to Google Docs editor format when you're
finished click done
those are the basics and they should be
enough to help you get started with
uploading files and folders to Google
Drive