Backup and Restore Windows 10 Pro

Hi,

I just noticed something that didn't get my attention before..

In some of the Permissions.. In particular my original image on page 3, "System" only has permission for "This Folder Only".. That would imply that "System" can not open the "Device Name" folder, but the image works..

It also suggests that "System" is not the User managing the recovery of an image..

On some of the other images like a copy, it seems that System has Full Permissions for "This folder, subfolders, and files"..

If I get the chance I might see what manipulations I can do with that.. I have been painting my garage all day and am exhausted at the moment..

Too bad a copy wasn't recognized on the HDD either. It used to be it would be recognized for me, but one made in the course of this thread is not seen by Backup & Restore for a restore. (The original is seen, &, a week/so ago, I did restore an original). Too bad putting a new image into the copied WindowsImageBackup folder didn't make it visible either. i haven't tried this time around, but it used to be I could make a new original into a copied WindowsImageBackup folder. But I gave it a devicename folder of its own (that's the first folder inside WindowsImageBackup) which made it separate & distinct (I explained above). It then looked better than the copy in some of the restore screens, but both it & the copy did show up & were willing to restore. I backed out, but Slance, in that same ancient thread, did restore them with some success, IIRC. But I ended up not trusting copies.

If even the originals don't work for you, what makes you think a copy of it would work anyway? It looks like the Security tab you are showing is an original because it has Account Unknown in it (which my original has) & it has Backup Operators in it (which Slance has). However, it doesn't have Creator Owner in it, which both Slance & I do have in an original. It's odd we don't all three have identical permissions on an original. I can't explain it.

I tend to agree with Slance, you should start new & switch to a 3rd-party image maker. Your images are enormous, & the 3rd-party apps are far, far quicker with enormous ones. Also, they are more flexible in use, make more compact images, & can see partitions Backup & Restore may not (like my Dell factory reinstall partition which is gone now). But there is a huge manual to read & a learning curve.

As I said in my first post on p.1...

[But I must add, the first time you double-click a .vhdx, it may give an error message. So, just OK the error, & open Disk Management. The mounted image will have the same name C: had when the image was made, but no letter. Put a letter on it, & it will show up in File Explorer.]

When done copying files, remember to right-click the mounted letter in File Explorer, & select "Eject".

No, only my original has Account Unknown, & it does indeed show up & work...

It is the copy that doesn't work, & it never had Account Unknown...

System was already in the "permission entries" box, but my Microsoft Account was the owner. The Microsoft Account was not in the entries box. I had already made the Owner to be System & had already added Creator Owner, but neither change has made the copy visible to Backup & Restore for a restore.

Hi,

If that doesn't help, you might try Adding a "Creator Owner" User with Full Permissions..

Hi,

For lack of anything else to try that I can think of... You might try deleting the Unknown Account..

That is the only difference between what I see on mine... Which works.. and PCR's and your's which do not work..