Newly launched Google Drive can throw some unknown and so called common errors which may hinder the smooth functioning of Google Drive on web and the Google Drive application on your computer system. For the smooth functioning of Google Drive application, here we have compiled a list of some common Google Drive Errors and their respective solutions.
Error #1 – An unknown issue occurred and Google Drive needs to quit
- If you are facing similar kind of error, restarting Google Drive is the only rescue.
- If that doesn’t resolves the issue and you are facing the above error too frequently, then I would recommend you to disconnect the Google Drive account once.
- Just click on Google Drive icon in your sidebar and click open the Preferences Tab, from there you can Disconnect the Google Drive Account.
- From the application folder, launch and reconnect to your Google Drive account and re-sync all your files. That should solve your problem.
Error #2 – Your Google Drive Folder Is Missing
Now, there can be three reasons which accounts for this error, you might have renamed, deleted, moved the Google Drive folder on your system.
Case #1 – If Google Drive Folder moved to new place, then
- From the Computer toolbar, click on Google Drive icon.
- Select “Error – local Google Drive folder is missing.”
- Click on “Locate Folder”.
- Search your Google Drive folder.
- Correct the address of the Google Drive folder and you are done.
Case #2 – If Google Drive Folder is renamed, then
- Same steps as above, click on Google Drive icon from the computer’s toolbar.
- Select “Error – local Google Drive folder is missing”.
- Click on “Locate Folder” and select the renamed version of Google Drive folder.
- And you are done.
Case #3 – If Google Drive Folder is deleted, then
- Same again, click on Google Drive folder icon from the computer’s toolbar.
- Select “Error – local Google Drive folder is missing”.
- There you’ve to disconnect the account and have to start again as explained in Error #1.
Error #3 – Syncing is stuck
Error #4 – Some files can’t be synched
For Error #3, #4>> Syncing stuck might be due to internet disconnection, so make sure the internet is connected. Still the same, then a quick restart(of Google Drive) should solve the problem.
Error #5 – Find a missing document
If you found that some of your documents are missing, which you believe you haven’t deleted. First of all, check all your Google Drive folders and files manually, and also don’t forget to check the Trash folder. Make sure you haven’t deleted the files permanently from Google Drive. After that, use this help provided by Google Drive Account. Finally fill this form, using which you can request Google to recover the missing documents for you.
Error #6 – Troubleshoot sharing problems in Google Drive
If you are facing any kind of error in sharing documents with your friends and followers, then use this help questionnaire provided by Google which would eventually resolve your files sharing problems.
Error #7 – Error message for sync problems
There can be any number of issues which might result in syncing problem, so here’s a bird eye view of all the syncing problems you might face and the suggested steps to resolve the syncing issue. Just go through it once to be a power user of Google Drive.
So these are some of the mere errors which might irritate you and hinder the smooth functioning of Google Drive. I would recommend you to use these solutions to overcome all your problems related to Google Drive.
Rest, still facing any issues, please comment them down, I would be happy to assist you.
I downloaded google drive and copied picasa and pictures to the drive. Now I can’t get them in Picasa on my PC and want to just get rid of Google Drive from my cloud and my pc and get my pictures back in Picasa. Help Please. I have been dealing with this for a couple of days and haven’t received helpful suggestions on the Google drive forums on google. Thanks!
Hi Molly, as per now, there are no apps which would allow you to directly send those pictures to Picasa. But here’s one method which I would like you to give it a try.
As you said those pictures are now stored in Google Drive, if they are synched to your PC too, then go to your Google Drive folder on your PC(C:\Users\home\Google Drive), there you’ll find all your pictures.
Copy all your pictures from there. And paste them anywhere else on your PC or in this folder(C:\Users\home\Pictures) to be precise.
Open Picasa on your system and search or locate those copied pictures and upload it to your Picasa web account. Hope it helps
If you want to get rid of Google Drive, then simply uninstall the Google Drive App from your computer system.
Hey
I too have a recent issue with Google Drive. It doesn’t refresh on my Android phone. If I press Refresh…it does nothing. I already installed it, it worked at the beginning and then again stopped refreshing the files. And it doesn’t show my actual files list in my Google Drive folder. I’ve searched the google support, nothing there about it. Maybe you could help me.
Hi, try re-installing the Google Drive App.
Nevermind…It came back…I don’t know what I did
But now works again. Sorry.