Windows Easy Transfer and Windows User State Migration Tool

. Migrate user profiles.

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1. What are the two tools used to migrate user settings between a Windows Vista computer and Windows 7? (Choose two answers.)

❍ A. Windows migrate.exe tool ❍ B. Windows Easy Transfer ❍ C. Windows User State Migration Tool ❍ D. Windows Disk Migration Tool

2. If you want to migrate user settings from a Windows XP computer, which parameter should you use with the ScanState.exe command?

❍ A. /xp ❍ B. /target:xp ❍ C. /targetxp

❍ D. No options are required. Answers

1. B and C are correct. Both the Windows Easy Transfer and Windows User Migration Tool can migrate user settings between one Windows computer to another. Although the Windows Easy Transfer is used for a small num- ber of migrations, the User State Migration Tool is a scriptable command- line tool that should be used for large deployments. Answers A and D are invalid and therefore incorrect.

2. C is correct. When you want to migrate from a Windows XP computer, you should use the /targetxp parameter. Answers A and B have invalid syntax and are therefore incorrect. Answer D is incorrect because C is a valid parameter.

If you cannot do an in-place upgrade, you can still move your data files and settings from one Windows installation (Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7) to another or from one computer running Windows to another using the Windows Easy Transfer (WET) program or the User State Migration Tool (USMT).

Windows Easy Transfer and Windows User State Migration Tool

WET is a graphical program that enables you to transfer one user’s profile or multiple users’ profiles. You cannot use WET to move program files and you cannot transfer any system files such as fonts and drivers. With WET, you can transfer files and settings using a network, a USB flash drive (UFD), or the Easy Transfer cable; however, you cannot use a regular universal serial bus (USB) cable to transfer files and settings using WET. You can purchase an Easy Transfer cable on the Web, from your computer manufacturer, or at an electronics store.

WET (Migwiz.exe) is installed with Windows 7 and is located under Accessories, System Tools. It is also available on the Windows 7 DVD in the Support\Migwiz directory.

The User State Migration Tool (USMT) is a scriptable command-line tool that is highly customizable. Because it a scriptable command-line tool, it is usually used to automate migration during large deployments of the Windows operating system.

USMT has been around for several years. . USMT 2.0 was made to migrate to Windows 2000 and Windows XP

workstations. USMT 2.6.2 was made available publicly. . USMT 3.0 was made to migrate to Windows XP and Windows Vista. It

also migrated EFS files and certificates. USMT 3.01 was made available publicly.

. USMT 4.0 was made to migrate to Windows Vista and Windows 7. It is included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit.

USMT includes two components, ScanState and LoadState, and a set of mod- ifiable .xml files:

. MigApp.xml: Used to migrate application settings to computers running Windows 7

. MigUser.xml: Used to migrate user folders, files, and file types to computers running Windows 7

. MigDocs.xml: Used to migrate all user folders and files that are found by the MigXmlHelper.GenerateDocPatterns helper function

In addition, you can use the config.xml file to exclude components from the migration with the ScanState.exe /genconfig option.

CHAPTER 2: Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7

The ScanState command is used to scan the source computer, collect files and settings, and create a store. For example:

scanstate \\fileserver\share\mystore /x:migsys.xml /x:migapp.xml /x:miguser.xml /v:13

The /v:13 option enables verbose, status, and debugger output. You can also add the following options to the preceding command:

. /efs:copyraw : Used to migrate the EFS-encrypted files and EFS certificates.

. /encrypt /key:keystring : Encrypts the store with the specified key.

. /l : Specifies the location and name of the ScanState log. . /nocompress : Disables compression of data and saves the files to a hid-

den folder called “File.” Compression is enabled by default. . /p : Without any additional parameters gives you storage space estima-

tion if used with the /nocompress option. . /targetvista : Use this option if you are migrating from a Windows

Vista computer. . /targetxp : Use this option if you are migrating from a Windows XP. . /vsc : Enables the volume’s shadow-copy service to migrate files that are

locked or in use.

Windows Easy Transfer and Windows User State Migration Tool