Google Drive to One Drive

 

This will help show the process of moving files from your old Dixie Google Drive to your new Utah Tech One Drive

Step 1

Sign into Google

Go to Google.com and click “Sign-in” in the upper right corner of the screen

  • If you are already signed in or signed in under another account, make sure you are using the correct account

This will be your digital-id@dixie.edu, digital-id@dmail.dixie.edu, or both depending on what you want to migrate. This works for either account.

 

Step 2

Click on Drive

  1. Click on the application button
  2. Click “Drive

Step 3

Select and Download

  1. Select all documents you want to transfer over
    • TIP: Ctrl + A  will select all documents in the folder
  2. Right click on one of the documents, choose “Download

Step 4

How the Files are saved

Files will be downloaded in a .zip file format to your computer’s Downloads folder

Step 5

Open OneDrive

Search for “OneDrive” on your computer and open the application

  • If you are already signed in, it will open the folder, skip to Step 9

Step 6

Login to OneDrive

Enter your digital-id@utahtech.edu in the email address field

Step 7

Follow the prompts

  • If you see the “Back up your folders” prompt, make sure to select what you would like to back up.

Step 8

Open OneDrive Folder

Once you have finished the setup steps, clip “Open my OneDrive folder

Step 9

Find your Files in Downloads

Open a new File Explorer window and open your “Downloads” folder

When your Drive download is complete, you will see a file similar to this one, right click on it and extract the files from the zip folder.

Step 10

Drag Files to OneDrive

You should now have your Drive download folder open (Left) and your OneDrive folder open (Right)

Highlight all of the items (Ctrl + A) in your Drive download folder and click and drag them over to the OneDrive folder.

Step 11

You are all set!

Your files should begin transferring and will begin syncing with OneDrive!