Upload Files or Folders

Use any of the following methods to upload files or folders from your computer to RackStation.

To have full access to the uploading functions shown below, install the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Flash Player first.

Method 1:

  1. From the upper part of the left panel, select a destination folder on RackStation.
  2. Click Upload, choose Upload - Skip or Upload - Overwrite and select files or folders from your local computer.

Method 2:

  1. Go to Options, tick Browse files from local computer with File Station and refresh the web page to view folders of your local computer on the lower part of the left panel.
    Note: The option Browse files from local computer with File Station takes effect only after you installed and enabled JRE on your computer.
  2. From the lower part of the left panel, select a folder on your local computer. The main section now displays the contents of the selected folder.
  3. Select the files or folders you want in the main section, and then click Upload.
  4. Select a destination folder on RackStation in the window that appears.
  5. At the top-right corner of the window, select Overwrite if you want to overwrite files or folders with the same name in the destination folder. Otherwise, select Skip.
  6. Click OK to start uploading.

Method 3:

  1. Go to Options, tick Browse files from local computer with File Station and refresh the web page to view folders of your local computer on the lower part of the left panel.
  2. On the left panel, drag a folder from your computer (the lower part) to any folder on the RackStation (the upper part).
  3. In the pop-up menu that appears, choose whether you want to overwrite or skip files/folders with the same name in the destination folder.

Method 4:

  1. From the upper part of the left panel, select a destination folder on RackStation.
  2. Select the files on your computer's desktop or file explorer (for example, Windows Explorer or Mac Finder), and then drag and drop them into File Station in the web browser.
  3. In the dialog that appears, choose whether you want to overwrite or skip files with the same name in the destination folder.
  4. Note:

Note:

  1. You can add up to 1000 files to your upload queue.
  2. You can upload files with size over 4GB if you are using Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari 5.1 or later, or when Browse files from local computer with File Station is ticked. Otherwise, you can only upload up to 2GB of files at a time.
  3. In a non-encrypted shared folder, file/folder name should be within 255 characters (up to about 80 characters for Non-Latin languages); in an encrypted shared folder, it should be within 143 characters (up to about 47 characters for Non-Latin languages).
  4. File/folder name should exclude the following characters: \ / : * ? " > |.
  5. File/folder name cannot start with “._”.
  6. You can upload files that are 0KB in size only when you have installed JRE.