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I want to upgrade my ultra plus pak 2016 to 2017,but I only want to upgrade the program files. Support told me I can get the pro 2017 and only install the program files, but to make sure my ultra plus realtracks are some place safe where they won't be over written. My BIAB program files and realtracks are on the pg music external hard drive. I've thought about a couple of ways to do this, but I would like to know how some of you guys would do it. Thanks.
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Milt,
Whenever I want to protect files, I rename the parent directory. With that in mind, to protect the present Realtracks, I'd rename \bb\Realtracks to something like \bb\Realtracks.keep. Then if a new Realtracks folder is created during installation, I know that I could safely delete that.
What has me puzzled, is whether the ST2 and STX files in \bb need to be protected too. I suspect that they do not.
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Milt, what puzzles me is that Support said something has to be protected at all. Yes, if you're going to protect files, Noel's suggestion is fine.
The Pro Pak is a subset of the Ultra Plus Pak. Updates don't (in my experience) delete anything; they just overwrite existing older files and add new ones. Could you please elaborate on exactly what Support said?
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Thanks for the replies guys. All support said was that the 2017 upgrade is a complete reinstall and I would need to make sure my Ultra Plus pak real tracks are in a safe location to keep them from being over written. Thanks again.
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OK. If that were me, I'd call again because I don't understand how that could be true.
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You didn't say if you were running the program off the PGMusic provide external hard drive. If you are, then I would just back up your 2016 to a different drive (they're cheap, I just picked up a 2TB drive a Sam's for about $80) and you've got a backup to fall back on.
If you are running BIAB from your computer's hard drive, then I would just install BIAB Pro on top of the current installation. Everything you previously had should still be there and you have a backup from your 2016 USB drive.
You'll probably get some "can't find RealTracks" if you select styles that depend on the 2017 RTs, but you can definitely substitute.
Is this because you don't want any of the new RealTracks? Just curious.
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Thanks for he replies. I would like to have the 2017 realtracks, but I assume the Ultra Plus pak realtracks are more extensive than the pro pak rt's, and I don't want to lose any ultraplus pak rt's. I'm trying to upgrade the program files as cheaply as possible.
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