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Get Free Storage and Mount it as a Virtual Drive
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This is how to get a ton of free storage space and then mount it as a virtual drive on your Windows PC (sorry, haven't tested the Linux method personally and don't have a mac, but I'm sure someone slick can figure out a method based on my post.) The free storage is from Box.net and GMail. These are both workarounds/mods and neither method is sanctioned by Box.net nor Google. These have worked for me for quite awhile, but I am in no way responsible should either entity decide to penalize your accounts for use of these methods. Use at your own risk.

Box.net 50GB Promotion (there are several great tutorials on this hack here at XDA, I used tomcat420m's as I felt is was really clear)

This is a limited time promotion offered by Box.net for a free 50GB account upgrade for owners of LG PHONES. Some slick users came up with a method of modifying the build prop in order for any Android user to take advantage of the offer. It's a free 50gb Account and raised upload limit from 25mb to 100mb. The promotion ends 3/30/2012, but the 50GB is free forever. Here is the official promotion page Box.net.

Now hit the link to tomcat420m's tutorial and grab you some free space, then come back here to learn how to mount it as a drag and drop virtual drive!!

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Mount Box.net Account(s) as Virtual Drives on Windows 7 (XP and Vista may works as well.)

Install MS Software Update for Web Folders or (\Downloads \MSWebfldrs-KB907306-ENU)

Open Windows Explorer

Right click on Network

Select Map Network Drive

Click on link (Connect to a Web site…)

Click Next

Click Choose custom network location, then Next

In the address bar paste http://box.net/dav

Click Next, then enter your box.net user name and password and click OK

Name your drive and drag it to link to the Favorites bar

Repeat the process with a second Box.net and so on for a whopping 50GB of storage per virtual drive!!

*Alternately, there are many services that let you mount multiple accounts such as Otixo which is free and Gladinet which is limited for free.

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Mount Box.net Account(s) as Virtual Drives on Linux Thanks to Benjamin Kerensa for his howto on this.

What you are going to do is mount a WebDAV filesystem on Linux so that you can access the files like you do with any other folder on your desktop.

Open a Terminal window and install davfs2 by typing:

sudo apt-get install davfs2

Create the mount directory by typing:

sudo mkdir /media/box.net

Mount the WebDAV system:

mount -t davfs https://www.box.net/dav /media/box.net

(Note: The HTTPS should create a secure connection so your authentication will be safe)

Add your username and password:

sudo nano /etc/davfs2/secrets
echo “https://www.box.net/dav username password” >> /etc/davfs2/secrets

Benjamin notes you can access Box.net via Nautilus using WebDAV:

Just use Connect to Server to dav://www.box.net/dav and make sure to select Secure WebDAV.

A slightly different method by Andrew Martin can be found here.

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Mount GMail Storage as a Virtual Drive on Windows 7 (7.48GB per account)

DL and Install Gmail Drive Shell extension

Double click on the new mounted drive "GMail Drive"

Enter the credentials for one of your GMail accounts

Sign in and let it authorize

Download Gmail Drive Config utility from Convivea

Right-click the gmail_drive_config file and 'Run as administrator'

Click Add Drive

Enter a unique Label and another GMail user account name

You should receive a pop-up confirmation that reads:

Close all explorer windows

Re-open an explorer window

The new drive will appear under Computer after the last drive

Double-click this new drive to enter the password and login

Close all explorer windows...

Repeat steps 6-12 to add up 999 Gmail accounts

An neat little trick to Gmail Drive is that every file that shows up in your Gmail Drive is visible in your Gmail account with GMAILFS: somewhere in the subject. Gmail Drive can even organize files into folders based on the subject.

For example, sending yourself an empty email with a subject of GMAILFS: /music/ should create a music folder in your Gmail Drive. Then sending an email with an attached file called my_song.mp3 with the subject GMAILFS: /music/my_song.mp3 should place my_song.mp3 into your music folder in Gmail Drive, browsable with Windows Explorer.

I also setup filters to automatically label and archive any message with GMAILFS with my label of choice GMail Drive which keeps these all together and keeps my inbox tidy.

Warning: Be aware that if you upload too much too soon Google is likely to temporarily freeze your account for "Unusual Usage". Also, there's still a number of limitations of the file-system (such as total filename size must be less than 65 characters). Since the tool hooks up with the free Gmail Service provided by Google, changes in the Gmail system may break the tool's ability to function so there is no guarantee that files stored in this manner will be accessible in the future. The file size is limited to the same restrictions as Gmail attachment size, which I believe is 25mb.