Google Drive's free cloud storage service allows you to upload files from
your computer and access them from anywhere.
To 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.
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.
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 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 planning 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 Drive format automatically on upload.
To do this, 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
Alright!
Those are the basics, and they should be
enough to help you get started with uploading files and folders to Google Drive.