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I just received BIAB 2010 on a USB drive. I want to uninstall all of BIAB 2009 on my C drive and then see if I have 80GB free to install version 2010. After running the BIAB uninstall program from the Windows Start Menu, I found that I still had 20 G of programs still in the BB folder. Then I found sparate uninstall programs for Real Drums and Real Tracks. I uninstalled each of those and I still have 600 MB in the BB folder. This seems like an awkward way to uninstall a program and I still have 600 MB of stuff installed ?
What do I need to do to have a clean uninstall of BIAB 2009 so I can check the room on my C drive and make a decision about how much room I will have to install version 2010 ?? I have a feeling that somebody will recommend that I delete my "bb" folder but I am nervious about doing that? Are there any instructions that describe a complete uninstall of BIAB 2009 ??
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Long-term users of BIAB always recommend that the best way to install an uprade/new version is simply to install straight over the top of the previous version. You don't need to have a separate installation. Doing it this way means that you keep your customizations as well songs and styles that you might have put together. I've been following this advice and installing new versions since ver. 2006 without any problem.
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Ditto Noel96, install on the top of the old version. If you just want to test 2010 before throwing out the older version you can run it from the usb drive, or install it all into a new folder on your computer. The 600 mbs you have left shouldn't make much of a difference. If your drive is so full that it does, you might run into other problems related to running out of free space. Free space equal to about 10 percent of total disk size should be a minimum to make sure things run smoothly, not just with BIAB but with everything. The Windows uninstall routines really don't know much about BIAB because it doesn't write to the reg, so you can copy it over and run it (with the exception of the dxi synth). I think the old delete is what you will end up doing, but even at that it might end up in the recycle bin still taking up the space until you empty the bin (if file size is too big for the recycle bin it will tell you so and if you continue with the delete it will be gone and actually free up the space). Good luck.
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BIAB/RB do not require that you run an uninstaller. Just DELETE the BB & RealBand folders. The programs do not write to the registry.
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That's all correct info.
But don't delete your old bb folder as it likely contains addons purchased before and also your own song folders, which you should want to keep with the new version.
Just install the new version right overtop of the old and you keep everything you had in there intact, plus get all the new stuff.
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