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GMail Drive Config: Someday it will mount multiple Gmail Drives
by Lee Mathews Oct 29th 2008 at 6:00PM
I've used the GMail Drive shell extension for a long time - it's a great way to utilize the copious amounts of free storage Google provides that I'd never fill with emails.
When I read about Convivia's GMail Drive Config - a free tool that allows you to (theoretically) mount multiple GMail Drives - I was very intrigued. After installing it, however, I'm reminded that trying to get too much of a good thing sometimes turns out badly.
Set up is easy enough: download the 60kb standalone executable and enter your accounts. I'm assuming the correct syntax is username@gmail.com, but there's no information included with the download or on Convivea's web site.
My first account worked fine, but the right-click context menu on the second drive lacked the all-important option to log in to the associated account. If you can't log in, you can't access your space. On my Vista rig, the second drive failed to show up at all.
This might have just been a peculiarity with my systems, so try it yourself: if it works, this is a great way to add tons of free, online storage to your Windows desktop. I'll be keeping my eye on this one: once the bugs are ironed out, it should be a killer app.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tushar Joshi said 8:25PM on 10-29-2008
Hi,
I am on a Windows XP box and this worked for me flawlessly. Thanks for the tip.
with regards
Tushar Joshi, Nagpur
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CT A said 9:16PM on 10-29-2008
In other news,
Awesome layout!!
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Matias Korhonen said 5:12AM on 10-30-2008
Recommending buggy software, job well done!
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Mike said 6:49AM on 10-30-2008
Has anyone succeeded in mounting a single drive under Vista Ultimate x64?
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rob said 8:04AM on 10-30-2008
@Mike-
I've tried two x64 Vista rigs, both failed to play nice. Good luck and drop a comment it you get it to work.
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Krull said 8:24AM on 10-30-2008
I in Windows XP and this worked for me, but no single drive for multiple Gmail Accounts.
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Beau said 5:31PM on 10-30-2008
Although I really do like stuff like this.... However it is stuff like this that will force companies to put limits and restrictions, reduce/cap storage, or even worse charge for what use to be free. I guess if it were a hotmail or a yahoo thing I would not care, but I use gmail for my primary email, and would really hate to see it become limited.... Gmail has really set the bar pretty high for a free service, and stuff like this (if it gets too popular) will certainly put a damper on gmails future free additions.
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yo said 1:17PM on 11-12-2008
um, google makes obscene amounts of money with their free services. did you know they sell extra storage (up to FOUR HUNDRED GIGABYTES)? i think gmail drives are the perfect way for them to sell that extra space.