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Need Help: Restoring WindowsImageBackup to VM?

ninjapants
By ninjapants
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Yesterday I reinstalled Windows 10 on my PC (I was having several seemingly unsolvable issues I did not want to mess around with), making sure I had a recent system backup.

Unfortunately, I forgot to make a backup of my Windows Store Apps. Long story short, I need to boot to that backup again, there is no way around it.

 

But I do not really want to make a new backup, restore the old one, backup Store Apps, and then restore the new backup, if there is any other way.

Instead, I would like to restore the backup to a VM, but I am not experienced enough with VMs to know how to do that.

Does anyone know how to do this with the system image (VHDs)?

Keep in mind, I am running Windows in UEFI mode, so there are 3 virtual hard disk files.

CPU: Intel i7-6700K @4.8Ghz - MB: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Ranger - RAM: 2x8GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4@2400Mhz - GPU: EVGA FTW GeForce GTX1080 - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB, bunch of old WD 500GB drives, old WD green 1.5TB - Case: AeroCool Mechatron - PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 750W - Display: iijama ProLite B2712HDS 27" 1080p Display - Cooling: Enermax Liqmax II 240 - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry-MX Brown - Mouse: Corsair M65 FPS Gunmetal Black - Sound: Logitech X230

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