How to restore your data from Google Drive

Open a web browser and go to www.google.com

Click on the Google Apps icon in the top left

Click on Account

Click on “Go to Google Account”

Sign-in with your Google email address and password

Once logged in, click on the Google Apps icon again in the top left, then select “Drive”

Your online back up drive will now appear

To download the files and folders simply right click on the item and select “Download”

This will download the selected files and folders to your “Downloads” folder on your laptop

When downloading folders, “.zip” files will be downloaded instead, these need to be “Extracted”

Right click on the downloaded “.zip” file and select “Extract All…” to open the Wizard

When the window is open, click “Extract” to “Unzip” the file to a folder

Once the process is complete, the newly created folder will open, here are the contents of the “.zip” file you just downloaded

You may wish to move the items you have just downloaded. For example, if you have downloaded some photos you may wish to move them to your “Photos” folder on your laptop