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Recover System Image Keeping Data Intack

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Is there a way to make a system recover image disk that would not overwrite the personal data on the date of recovery, not when the disk was created?

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The main point of disk imaging is to be able to restore the whole disk to a point in time before some disaster. This way, restoring the image MUST mean overwriting everything after the date the image was created. The only sensible thing you could do is to keep your personal data out of system partition/disk or at least have a separate backup of it (created more frequently) apart from the image of the system partition (done more rarely).

is this a hypothetical situation for which you are preparing? If so, you might do as I did: partition your drive, adding a partition for user data. My OS and applications are in C:, while all user files (Word docs, music files, photos, etc.) are in my new D: partition. I am able to do a system restore from a full disk mode backup by restoring just C:. D: remains untouched, yet I can always roll back to an earlier system state contained in my many ATI backup images.

If this is a current situation where you must restore an earlier system image but worry about losing new data or changed data since the backup was made, I suggest this: backup your user data files first, which could be done using ATI or a file-backup utility such as Robocopy (free, part of Windows) or MS SyncToy (free). After restoring the system image, restore the user data separately.