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In both scenarios, the process is similar:
1. Run ScanState on the original computer, and store the files and settings externally,
such as on a network share or an external USB drive. The
ScanState version that
comes with the Windows AIK for Windows 7 can be run on Windows XP, Windows
Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems.
2. Install Windows 7. A wipe-and-load installation will install Windows 7 on the same
computer, whereas a side-by-side installation will install Windows 7 on a separate
computer.
3. Run LoadState on the Windows 7 system using the externally stored files and settings.
When
ScanState is run for wipe-and-load and side-by-side migrations, the
/offlineWinDir:c:\windows.old\windows switch is omitted. Instead of capturing the files
and settings from the
Windows.old folder, ScanState will retrieve the migration data from
the actual system. In addition, instead of storing the results in the
C:\Store folder, you
could map a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to a share on a server or connect
an external USB drive.
As an example, imagine that you have connected an external USB drive, and it is
assigned the letter G:. The following
ScanState command could be used:
ScanState.exe g:\store /v:13 /o /c /hardlink /nocompress /efs:hardlink
/i:MigApp.xml /i:MigDocs.xml
The captured files and settings can be restored to the Windows 7 operating system with
the following command. The only thing that will change is the letter of the drive where the
\store folder is stored. For example, it may be G: on the original installation that had mul-
tiple partitions, but the external drive may be
E: on a system that has Windows installed
with only a single partition and a single DVD drive.
LoadState.exe e:\store /v:13 /c /lac:P@ssw0rd /lae /i:MigApp.xml
/i:MigDocs.xml /sf /hardlink /nocompress
Determining Which User Data and Settings to Preserve
When running ScanState, you have some choices for which data and settings to preserve.
The easiest choice is to accept the defaults, as we’ve done in this chapter. If your environ-
ment is typical and doesn’t include any critical one-of-a-kind applications, this choice will
meet most, if not all, of your needs. You can modify the defaults with the following files:
MigDocs.xml This file includes rules used to find user documents on a computer. Some
of the common file types identified in this document are
.accdb, .ch3, .csv, .dif, .doc*,
.dot*, .dqy, .iqy, .mcw, .mdb*, .mpp, .one*, .oqy, .or6, .pot*, .ppa, .pps*, .ppt*, .pre,
.pst, .pub, .qdf, .qel, .qph, .qsd, .rqy, .rtf, .scd, .sh3, .slk, .txt, .vl*, .vsd, .wk*,
.wpd, .wps, .wq1, .wri, .xl*, .xla, .xlb, and .xls*.
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