Windows 10: WindowsImageBackup does not backup .ost file?

Dear all,


I tried to restore my Windows 10 with Office 2010 from the WindowsImageBackup yesterday. I found that the Outlook needed to download my emails from the very beginning. My email size was 25G and all sat in my system drive. It would take 3 days to download everything as the Exchange server is not a local server. The actual size of the .ost file is around 50G.


I thought that the WindowsImageBackup would contain all the data including the large .ost file in my system drive! Questions here:


1. Is it true that the WindowsImageBackup does not back up the .ost file?

2. How can I do a full backup with WindowsImageBakcup?


Thanks and regards,

Ken

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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.