I can't find my backup through itunes

hi I work mainly on a PC. I back up periodically my iphone on my computer. I know where to find my backups. Recently my phone crashed and needed restoring, I go to choose my backup and the one I want is not there. I know where to find the backups on my computer went into the file and I see the backup I want but when I go to choose it through itunes it is not showing up. Help....

Ocean20 wrote:
There is only ever one backup saved by iTunes and whenever you do another backup the old one is overwritten
Except for iOS backups created at restore points. These backups are time/date stamped & are not overwritten. iCloud, if enough space is available, will keep three iOS backups.

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