I would not touch the file names in the backup folder.
Change the computer name, that should be quite harmless, you can always rename it once the restore is complete.
Note though that only try to...

Hi and many thanks for the suggestion.
My immediate problem was solved by HanginJang's suggestion of moving the WindowsImageBackup folder into the root directory of a USB HDD.
However I will try...

Hi and thanks for the reply.

One problem is, I did not used a USB drive !

The 3 images were originally sent directly to my NAS on my network paths \\F1-NAS\SHARE\THERMALTAKE-i5-W10-1, 2 and 3....

I have seen many similar problems on the forum but none are exactly the same so I hope I am best posting afresh.

I have just done a fresh install of Win 10 Pro 64bit and I made three system images...