Using Clickfree Automatic Backup For Biab Files

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 28 Feb 2011 8:40 am

I recently purahcsed the C2 Desktop model Clickfree backup particularly for the thens of thousands of sound files which I have on the computer. I was surprised to see on it's first run though that it backed up everything wonderfully, everything that is except BIAB files. I spoke to the Clickfree support and had to explain a little about BIAB files. He indicated if the Clickfree doesn't recognize the suffix (extension) it doesn't get picked up.

Where do I find a list of all (????) BIAB extensions please?????

Geo

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 28 Feb 2011 9:01 am

BIAB uses either SGU or MGU extensions.

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 28 Feb 2011 9:46 am

Thank you Andy, that's TWO of them, and here are a few other I quickly picked out at a glance on a very small list of files:

MG1
MG2
MG4
MG5
MG6
MG9

MGA
MGB
MGH
MGN

SGU

I require for back-up purposes.
Maybe I should direct my question to PG Music.

Graham · Post by **Graham** » 28 Feb 2011 4:22 pm

SG3;4;7;9;B;N;O

MG7;8; and X

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 28 Feb 2011 4:59 pm

Thanks Ole Rebel Graham. I appreciate your response.

Geo

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 28 Feb 2011 11:44 pm

Hey George, here's some more info that might help you.

"If the song has a melody, the extension begins with an 'M'. If the song doesn't have a melody, it begins with an 'S'.

The second letter of the extension is always a G.

The third letter refers to the style that the song uses. 1-9 and A-N refer to the original "built-in" styles (for example, ZZJAZZ.STY, ZZWALTZ.STY) and U refers to a "User" style (actually, any other style).

Example 1: MySongTitle.MGU

The M tells us that the song has a melody.

The G is always present in song names telling us that it is a song.

The U tells us that the style is a user style.

Example 2: MySongTitle.SG1

The S tells us that the song doesn't have a melody.

The G is always present in song names telling us that it is a song.

The 1 indicates that the song uses Style #1, which is Jazz Swing (ZZJAZZ)".

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 1 Mar 2011 5:53 pm

Thanks Andy. I was speaking to PG Music and they gave me the rundown as you have done on the file extensions and what some mean. And then, I spoke with the kind folks at Clickfree and they gave me directions on how to capture all the BB files on the back up.

Thanks to you and all who helped me with the project.

Geo