Using Gladinet to Backup Google Docs

Step 1: Mount Google Docs and the Cloud Storage for Backup

From the systray menu, select "Mount Cloud Storage" which will launch the following wizard:

Follow the steps to first mount the Google Docs account you wish to backup and then mount any cloud storage services that you will serve as backup storage for the account. In this example, Amazon S3 will be used.

Step 2: Launch the Backup Wizard

Once you have mounted the required cloud storage accounts, a new menu item, "Create Google Docs Backup Task", will appear in the Systray. Use it to launch the following wizard:

After selecting the source and target, you will be prompted to select the type of backup as shown below:

Selecting a drop folder creates a new folder in your Google Docs account and the targeted cloud storage accounts. Otherwise, no folder is created in the Google Docs account, just in the targets. In either case, the changes to the selected files are incrementally copied to the targets. After this selection, the final step in the wizard is to select how often the source will be monitored for incremental changes:

Step 3: Check Task Manager and Explorer

Once the backup has been configured its progress can be monitored from the task manager:

Your backup will also be accessible from your mounted storage folders in explorer.