How To Backup Google G: Drive Cobian Reflector Backup

As of 2024, Cobian Reflector and Cobian Backup won't recognize the virtual G: Drive that is created by the Google Drive app.

There is a workaround that works just fine which involves a command line program called Robocopy where you copy the contents of your Google G: drive over to a temporary folder, back that folder up, and then delete the temp folder when you're done.

Robocopy
Manual: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-...
Download: It should already be in Windows starting with 10. If you don't have 10, you might have to do some digging to find it.

Steps

Note: I only tested this with files that are set to "Offline". I have no idea if the Stream Only files will work the same way.

1) Create a temporary folder where you want the files to be copied

Example: C:\G Drive Backup

Note: You MUST create a source folder in order to add the source in Cobain. Otherwise it will complain. The folder will be deleted in a later step even though it's also being automatically created in a later step, but that's OK.

2) Create a Cobian backup task like normal but point the source files to: C:\G Drive Backup

3) Go to the events tab

4) In the Pre-backup events, click: Add -> Command Line
Enter: robocopy /E "G:\My Drive\{Files/Folder to copy}" "C:\G Drive Backup" (Change C:\G Drive Backup to whatever folder you created)
Put a check in "Wait for completion".

5) In the Post-backup events, click: Add -> Command Line
Enter: rmdir /s /q "C:\G Drive Backup" (Change C:\G Drive Backup\tmp to whatever folder you created)
Put a check in "Wait for completion".

6) Optional (recommended): Enter checks in the boxes: Cancel the task if some event fails and Do not execute if pre-backup events failed

7) Test the backup to make sure it worked.

Again, I don't know if the Stream Only option will copy anything of value, so be sure to check the actual backup after testing.

Hope that helps!