Windows 10: TWO WindowsImageBackups...only ONE shows up to restore from

I created a system image of my pc on 12/7/19 after i ran all of my scans, I saved it to an external hard drive. Later my pc started acting very odd, so odd that it would not even reset!, After many days of frustration, i finally got it to reset with some files intact, using Support Assist.. after adding browsers apps etc, my pc still felt 'odd' to me. so i decided to once again create a newer system image and stored it on the same external hard drive as the first one. 1TB


In my external hard drive under the tab named WindowsImageBackup, there are TWO files one named DESKTOP, and the other is LINDA, so i changed the name of Linda to WindowsImageBackup1 since its from 12/7 and was the FIRST, i went to system restore, did not see either of those names, just 'System Image Restore Point' and Automatic Restore Point both made 1/2/20...DESKTOP there was no sign of my first windows image even when i checked "show more restore points"... so after all that over explaining sorry, im wondering why I cant restore my pc back to 12/7??


I thought about replacing the numbers from Backup 1/2/20 with the numbers from Backup 12/7/19 pasting the original numbers elsewhere so i can put things back as they were...so can you please assist me with this issue?...I want to make this REset as close to the PREset as i can. any ideas??

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Restore from WindowsImageBackup

You could try the free (unregistered) version of diskgenius. It will tell you if there is somethimg wrong the virtual disk, otherwise, it will open and you can copy stuff out.

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Win 10 WindowsImageBackup sub folder seems to have the incorrect time

Win 10 Home

Version 1703 with all available updates applied.

Control Panel \ Backup and Restore (Windows 7)

I have always thought the following represents the WindowsImageBackup folder structure.

WindowsImageBackup folder Structure (starting from root of drive)

• WindowsImageBackup
  • [Computer name]
    • Backup [date and time of backup]
      • A bunch of XML files
      • A bunch of .vhdx files
    • Catalog
      • BackupGlobalCatalog
      • GlobalCatalog
    • Logs
      • At least one .log file
    • SPPMetadataCache
      • At least one file with random letter/number combinations, separated by dashes, surrounded by {}’s
    • MediaId file

In my case first sub folder (above) is not indicating any time that makes sense to me.

It DOES contain the correct date.

But not the time.

I created a new WindowsImageBackup folder structure earlier today at 3:00 pm Central.

But my folder ended up named "Backup 2017-08-21 195346"

Anyone know what the "195346" means ?

BTW, the date, time and zone are set correctly.

I'm so confused.

 

Restore from WindowsImageBackup



This is what I see in Disk Management.