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System images not incremental as Windows would lead one to believe
I just ran the windows 7 disc and checked the repair feature after creating several (or so I thought) backups of my computer through creating a system image. I found that I could only access the backup I created today, despite the manage space feature telling me I could delete all but the most recent image. I went back, and reread System Image Recovery to understand the process a little better. I now understand that to have multiple image backups incrementally, I have to rename my system image folder to say "2011_11_15_WindowsImageBackup" in order to keep the image for that date.
Now, I note in the backup feature, I am able to manage my backup space, and delete all but the most recent image. I now find this funny since it frees up space, but as I understand it, in reality, I cannot access the previous images anyway. If I am understanding this incorrectly, let me know. Otherwise, why is it expanding the space based on the previous images? And why is it saving the previous images if I cannot use them through the Windows 7 repair feature? This seems very misleading of the backup feature to make users think that previous images exist when, in reality, they do not for restoration purposes.