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windows cant find system image when trying to full restore from ext HD
Short version: I can see the system image files in windows explorer that I recently backed up on to my external hard drive. However, windows cant find the system image when trying to do a full restore from the same external HD?!?
Long version: I did a system image of my the old PC before starting the to do a sysprep process. Then I did the sysprep w/ generalize all is going well. I then tried to do another windows system image in sysprep mode. It seemed to be going well, until ironically i got worried about the new image replacing the old image so i went into windows explorer created a new folder and moved the old image. I then tried to system image and windows popped back with an error (sorry cant remember the specifics). I closed out of windows back up and tried reopening it numerous times. then it froze up as did windows explorer (they were all just blank boxes) so I had to do a restart. When I restart it was setting up windows again from new, which I got out of and into recovery mode since I just want to restore my full system as it was before (windows was already fully installed).
I have tried several different ways to boot into the recovery and restore the original system image (even after moving it back to its original location) and windows just cant find it. I can actually find that image on my external hard drive, its now even in the right spot (I moved it back to where I copied it from), but Windows just cant find it?!? Help please!!!