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Google backs up your data in the cloud in world-class Google data centers with multiple redundant storage systems.

How Google Drive Backs Up Its Own Dataįirst, the good news: in the event of hardware failure, your data is safe and Google Drive will protect the data. While your data is undoubtedly safer in Google Drive than on any single laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, the assumption that using Google Drive is the same as having a full-featured backup is incorrect. The truth is that while Google Drive saves a copy of the files on your desktop from deletion of or threats to your desktop items (well, except for ransomware), Google Drive itself isn’t invulnerable to data loss. “Wait, I thought Google Drive was my backup?” Thanks to the Google Drive desktop application, many Google Drive users assume that they have all the data backup they need, simply by using Google Drive.