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4. In the Windows folder, double-click the setupact.log file to view
your action log in Notepad. When you finish viewing this file,
close Notepad.
5. Double-click the setuperr.log file to view your error file in
Notepad. If no errors occurred during installation, this file will be
empty. When you finish viewing this file, close Notepad.
6. Close the directory window.
After you install Windows 7 and look at the setup logs, it might
be necessary to transfer user’s data from one system to another or
migrate data from the same computer. Let’s take a look at the migration
process.
Migrating Files and Settings
Rather than perform an in-place upgrade, you can choose to migrate
your files and settings from an existing installation. In this case, you
can use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) or Windows Easy
Transfer.
User State Migration Tool
You can download a utility called the User State Migration Tool
(USMT) that administrators use to migrate large numbers of users over
automated deployments. The USMT for Windows 7 is now part of
Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK). The USMT is
similar to Windows Easy Transfer with the following differences:
The USMT is more configurable and can use XML files to specify
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which files and settings are transferred.
The USMT is scriptable and uses command-line utilities to save
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and restore user files and settings.
The USMT consists of two executable files, ScanState.exe and
LoadState.exe, and three migration rule information files, Migapp.xml,
Migsys.xml, and Miguser.xml. You can create a Config.xml file that specifies
what should and should not be migrated. The purposes of these files are
as follows:
ScanState.exe collects user data and settings information based on
the configuration of the Migapp.xml, Migsys.xml, and Miguser.xml files
and stores it as an image file.
Installation
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