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NASA-TLX scores for “effort” and “frustration” were significantly higher for the virtual drive than for a traditional sync folder (p < 0.05), despite users rating the idea of integration as “more modern.” google drive in windows explorer

Cloud storage integration, Windows Explorer, Google Drive File Stream, usability, human-computer interaction, file system virtualization. 1. Introduction The modern knowledge worker juggles local files, networked drives, and multiple cloud providers. Google Drive, with over 2 billion users, traditionally operated via a sync folder—users saved files to C:\Users\[Name]\Google Drive . However, with increasing file sizes and device storage constraints, Google introduced Drive File Stream (now simply Google Drive for desktop). Its defining feature is presenting Google Drive as a virtual drive (e.g., G:\ ) directly inside Windows Explorer, without fully downloading all files. Study funded by no external entity; all participants

[Generated for demonstration] Affiliation: Journal of Cloud Computing & Human-Computer Interaction Its defining feature is presenting Google Drive as