How to Use Google Drive on More Than One PC
When it comes to storage on a PC/laptop, it’s probably the most valuable hard drive capacity for its users. However, the development of the file size of an application or software in Windows is getting swelled so that the hard drive capacity becomes full.
One solution to expand storage is to use services such as OneDrive, Dropbox, and storage capacity in Google Drive.
Through this article, Dafunda Tekno will provide a tutorial on how to install Backup and Sync Google Drive you can use more than one account on a PC/laptop.
How to Install Backup and Sync Google Drive on a Laptop with More than One Account
If you apply this tutorial, of course you will be able to create data in computers, folders, or various specific locations. Besides that, you can also directly monitor and back-up in more than one Google Drive account.
Implementing a Different User Account
Basically Google doesn’t give us to run two accounts on Backup and Sync service on a PC. But this way you can outsmart it by creating a new user account (administrator account) on your laptop. Here’s how:
- First, open Settings then select Account
- So now select the menu Family & other people then click “Add someone else to this PC“.
- Then click “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information“
- Now click “Add a user without a Microsoft account“
- In this step, fill in username and password to create a new account then click “Next“
- So, now click “Change account type” then change to Administrator
Installing Google Drive to PC
The next step is install Backup and Sync Google Drive to your PC then log in with the main account. You can follow these steps.
- open Start menu then type Google Drive or Backup and Sync, right click then select Open file locations.
- This step is most important, try holding down the Shift key and then right-clicking. Then a different menu option will appear then select “Run as different user“
- Now sign in with the new me that you created above, and you can already use the Google Drive Backup and Sync service for more than one account.
- Congratulations Display You can now use the Backup and Sync service for more than one account
So that’s how to install Backup and Sync Google Drive for more than one account on a laptop. In this way, hopefully it will be useful and can help you overcome the depleting hard drive capacity.
