Windows 8.1 Disk Image

I am trying to use one of my Server drives to store Disk Images from Windows 8.1 computers. When I try to add another disk image from another computer to the same location a prompt warns that only one disk image can be saved to this location. My question
is can I copy more than one Image to the WindowsImageBackup folder since Windows creates a separate folder for each PC's image inside the WindowsImageBackup folder?
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Multiple images are accommodated by renaming the next node (\computername\) to append the date and time pulled from the \Backup folder in the next node after that node.
see :
http://www.sevenforums.com/backup-restore/202848-system-image-bat-script-allow-multiple-images-windowsimagebackup.html
Hence, the original Windows 8.1 folder naming convention such as: drive:\WindowsImageBackup\test_computer\Backup2013-10-15...
would become (propogating the date/time part to the prior directory node name): drive:\WindowsImageBackup\test_computer_2013-10-15_12\Backup2013-10-15...

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