It has been that way for many years - get the PlusPak (along with any BonusPaks) to overly on your previous UltraPlusPak and you effectively end up with the new version's UltraPlusPak. What you don't get is a USB hard drive with all the files for the entire program on it. So for 2016, for example, the PlusPak is assuming you've already got BIAB 2015 installed on your computer and it will just add the new 2016 files. Nothing wrong with going this route, but if you ever have to do a complete restore (let's say from BIAB 2014 UltraPlusPak), you would have to start by re-installing BIAB 2014 UltraPlusPak, then installing BIAB 2015 PlusPak and any BonusPaks, and then installing BIAB 2016 PlusPak and any BonusPaks.

What I normally do every year after updating, is to take my new BIAB configuration and creating a WinZip file of the entire folder structure. That way, if I ever have to rebuild my machine, I start by unzipping that folder structure to my computer, and then running the main installer (to get the fonts and whatnot), then running the latest patch update. Gets me up and running in no time and I've got a nice backup of BIAB. I do the same for RealBand.


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