Moving backup files on Time Machine external

Question

I've bought a new, larger external hard drive and have restored my earlier Time Machine backups to it. When I double-click the drive's desktop icon (not going into Time Machine itself) and have a look at the contents, all my backups are in a folder called Canon i560, which is my printer, which itself is inside the Backups.backupd folder. I have already reclaimed the older drive for my SuperDuper backup, so I don't know if this file structure existed in the original Time Machine backups. I've had no problems with running Time Machine, but would it be safe for me to move the backups from the Canon folder directly into the Backups.backupd folder and delete the Canon folder, which is otherwise empty?

Answer 1

Here's what the structure should be (using dots to represent spaces, in Finder List VIew):
Backups.backupdb
..Your Computer Name
....Date&Time
......HD name
....Date&Time
......HD name
If you're saying you see "Canon i560" instead of your computer's name, then that must be your computer's name. Go to System Preferences > Sharing and change it.
But *never change, delete, or move anything in your TM backups via the Finder.* That can hopelessly corrupt them!