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Multiple system images with Windowsimagebackup
Greetings! I've done some searches on google and these forums, but haven't been able to find an answer really to my scenario of concern.
I have a hard drive exclusively for system image backups. After PC purchase and setup, I have renamed it WindowsimagebackupOriginal so that it's no longer overwritten. As the 'clean' image so to speak, before installing software.
This included a few 'incremental feature' system images (backup had run 3 times). So in the folder are various dates, like 8/26/11 for mediaID file, the first backup date, with the VHDs dated 10/2/11. That being the date of the last backup before I changed it, to preserve.
I now have a second, current Windowsimagebackup folder with many image points. If I wish to restore the system to the original Windowimagebackup (after renaming it back), will it not work? (i.e. Has the unseen 'shadow image' data been overwritten, meaning my original backup images are non-functional due to mystery shadow space increment data?) The drive has 90GB of data on it in the two folders, but says 630/930 GB free... the shadows are at work here...
Basically one of these is correct =D
It will still work, but will only restore the 8/26/11 date (all incremental shadowdata is lost)
It will still work, but will only restore the 9/5/11 date (highly unlikely)
It will still work, but will only restore the 10/2/11 date (all data but latest is lost)
Won't work at all (data is lost due to unseen shadow being overwritten)
Will work for all image points (shadow data isn't needed, it's all in the visible files)
Thanks!