IBDrive is an IBackup application which when downloaded and installed will map an IBackup account as a network drive on the user's computer. Users can map, drag and drop files to their IBackup account from Windows explorer. It also allows users to open and save files stored in their IBackup accounts directly from their associated applications like Microsoft Office. IBDrive supports SSL encryption for data security.

Download and Install IBDrive

To drag and drop files between your computer and IBDrive:

• Open Windows Explorer
• Click on the File/Folder you want copied to IBDrive. Simply drag the files to the drive mapped to your IBackup account using IBDrive. You may do the reverse for restoring files.
• You may also right click on a File/Folder, select Copy and right click on the desired folder in your IBDrive and and select Paste. This will copy the selected files to the selected folder in your IBDrive.

You can flush your directory cache by:
1.Right click on the IBDrive Mapped Drive in Windows Explorer. 2.Select IBDrive -> Flush Directory Cache and IBDrive -> Flush File Cache.

To configure IBDrive to work with your Proxy Server:

• Go to Start Menu -> Programs ->IBDrive
• Click on Settings
• Click on the Proxy-HTTP tab
• Enter your Proxy Server information. If you are not sure about the values, you may ask your Network Administrator

IBDrive Plus  is an advanced Drive Mapping technology that can be used to do Concurrent Operations on a single file with most windows applications including Access and Excel.  IBDrive Plus supports advanced features including streaming and enabling third party applications.

Download and Install IBDrive Plus

IBDrive Plus lets multiple clients access and update the same file while preventing file-sharing conflicts. It also supports aggressive caching mechanisms, including read-ahead/write-behind without loss of cache coherency. Additionally, users will be able to interact with a file without downloading it to the local drive. Most other Network Drive implementations implement a downloading process in the background while you are interacting with a file. The difference can easily be seen in large databases and files

IBDrive Plus may not work behind some firewalls.

If your computer is behind a firewall

Please ensure the firewall your are using allows access to site name ibdrive.com for proper IBDrive Plus functioning.

If you are using ZoneAlarm, follow these steps:

1. Open the main window of ZoneAlarm and select the Security tab.
2. Click the Advanced button.
3. Click the Add button and select Host/Site.
4. Enter "IBDrive" as the description and ibdrive.com as the host name
of the server. 

For Zonealarm Pro, go to 'Security', 'Advanced' then select "Local Zone Contents", then add ibdrive.com.
Also please note to keep the security settings at medium or lower for the IBDrive application to passthrough.

Locking and Unlocking a file is recommended if you need to do collaborative editing of a single file. This helps in preventing unwanted write overs on files in modification by other parties. A locked file can't be modified, deleted or renamed. However, it can be opened or copied. To lock a file using IBDrive:

1.Click or highlight on the file you wish to lock.
2.Right click on the file and select 'IBDrive'.
3.Now select 'Lock file' from 'IBDrive'which will lock your file.

To unlock a file using IBDrive:

1.Click or highlight on the file you wish to unlock.
2.Right click on the file and select 'IBDrive'.
3.Now select 'UnLock file' from 'IBDrive'which unlocks your file.

1. Click on IBDrive application and when you get the Login menu, delete the Username and Password.
2. Click on "Close" button of the application.