Move WindowsImagBackup

Hi, I have WindowsImagBackup in Windows 11 on one drive which is filling up the space. Now I have another drive with much moore space and I would like to move the backup files to that drive. I have been searching on the net but can not find any way to do it right.
If I just move it I suppose windows wont find it if and when I need to use it.
So how do I do it? From drive E: to drive H: in my case.

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I know this is not an answer to your question but I feel it's important enough to relay it to you anyway. Relying on SIB is very risky. Not only was it very undependable in the first place but SystemImageBackup has been deprecated since Windows 10 Fall Creators back in 2017. Microsoft themselves suggests use of a third party backup solution. Features removed or Deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

OAT said:

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Taking Control of a WindowsImageBackup Folder - Jake Binstein

Windows provides a nice backup utility - unfortunately, they make it difficult to use the WindowsImageBackup folder as if it was a normal folder.

jakebinstein.com

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I read it. But I already have all permissions. So could I just move the folder?

Tomo53 said:

Hi, I have WindowsImagBackup in Windows 11 on one drive which is filling up the space. Now I have another drive with much moore space and I would like to move the backup files to that drive. I have been searching on the net but can not find any way to do it right.
If I just move it I suppose windows wont find it if and when I need to use it.
So how do I do it? From drive E: to drive H: in my case.

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Thw WindowsImageBackup folder is used by 'Backup & Restore (Windows 7)' to store its system images. By default you do not have access to this folder or any of its subfolders. If you try to view it in File Explorer you can gain permission. Do this for WindowsImageBackup and every one of the folders it contains before you try to copy it.



System Image Backup has been deprecated, and for good reason. It can be very temperamental about recognising images that could be restored. In my experience just moving WindowsImageBackup is usually safe, but any renaming of folders may break Restore's ability to find the images.

Microsoft said:

The features in this article are no longer being actively developed, and might be removed in a future update....

Feature	Details and mitigation	Deprecation announced
System Image Backup (SIB) Solution	This feature is also known as the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) legacy control panel. For full-disk backup solutions, look for a third-party product from another software vendor. You can also use OneDrive to sync data files with Microsoft 365.	1709

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I stopped using SIB a long time ago and switched to using Macrium Reflect.

I used to quite like Windows own backup utility and as far as I recall you can just move the complete folder to wherever you want. I used to juggle these often.

You can rename it as well so long as you rename it back again to the default name used by Windows should you wish to use it in future.

When restoring you can look in other locations for the backup folder so that is not a problem as long as you remember that only a folder with the default name will be found and recognised.