OCB Converter

Extract text from OCB files

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How to extract text from your OCB file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OCB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert OCB to another file type

To convert your OCB file to another format, you need MSI Command Center or other Settings software.

Convert a file to OCB

To convert other file formats to the "System Configuration" file type, you need software like MSI Command Center or a similar tool.

About OCB files

The .OCB file extension is a dual-purpose format primarily associated with MSI Overclocking Profiles and Directory Opus Configuration Backups. While valuable for system tuners and power users, these files suffer from severe proprietary lock-in.

For MSI motherboard users, an OCB file is a binary snapshot of BIOS settings (voltages, fan curves, CPU multipliers). The main limitation is hardware dependency; an OCB file created on one specific MSI motherboard model often cannot be opened or loaded onto a different model, rendering the file useless for sharing configurations across different hardware. These binary blobs are not human-readable, preventing users from simply opening them in a text editor to view settings.

Conversely, Directory Opus OCB files are actually standard Compressed archives renamed with a custom extension. Users frequently struggle to access their backed-up toolbars and scripts because they lack the Directory Opus software on a new machine.

Conversion Solutions:

For Directory Opus: The most practical conversion is to ZIP. This allows you to extract and retrieve individual configuration scripts and icons without reinstalling the main software.
For Epicor Charts: If your file is an Organizational Chart, converting to PDF or PNG renders the data visible for presentations.
For MSI Profiles: While strictly binary, converting to a Hex Dump (.TXT) can help developers analyze the data structure.

Convert.Guru analyzes your OCB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted STL, DTB, EHI and OVPN files.

FAQ

If you want to convert OCB file to BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z, RAR or ISO, you can use MSI Command Center or similar software from the "BIOS Overclocking Profile" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to OCB, try MSI Command Center or another comparable tool in the "BIOS Overclocking Profile" category.

The OCB Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our OCB converter.