C: drive has XP-64bit installed.
Administrator logon with the following configurations:
Internet Explorer:Favorites and gmail account with password remembered
Office 2003 Outlook installed and set up a POP3 account with password remembered
Thunderbirds installed and set up a POP3 account with password remembered.
COPY the USMT folder into C: drive.
CD c:\USMT\amd64
scanstate f:\mystore /i:MigApp.xml /i:MigUser.xml /o
Install Windows 7
Enable Administrator account and logon as Administrator
Install the Thunderbird software and open it without configuration; See thunderbird for migration;
Install MS Outlook and open it without configuring email account;
Run CMD as administrator
cd c:\USMT\amd64
Loadstate d:\mystore /i:MigApp.xml /i:MigUser.xml /lac
Check:
MS Outlook works perfectly. Mail, contacts, signature are migrated. It is amazing that the POP3 password is migrated automatically.
All files in My Documents folder of XP are migrated into the Documents folder of Windows 7.
I like this migration method.
Hardlink migration
XP was installed in C drive. Later you install Windows 7 in the C drive. XP OS will be moved into Windows.Old directory.
ScanState c:\hardStore /OfflineWinOld:c:\Windows.Old\Windows /i:MigApp.xml /i:MigUser.xml /o /hardlink /nocompress /efs:hardlink
LoadState c:\hardStore /lac /i:MigApp.xml /i:MigUser.xml /hardlink /nocompress
If you have huge amount of data, e.g. 30 GB, in MY DOCUMENTS folder, the hardlink migration will save the time. It changes only the link and the actual data is still in the original location.
With hardlink option, I couldn't make the OUTLOOK migration work.
If LoadState command fails with the following error:
A Windows Win32 API error occurred.
You should open REGISTRY and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
Delete the already existed profile paths.
Rerun LoadState command.
Start the computer with Windows 7 PE --32bit
set USMT_WORKING_DIR=C:\USMT\x86
set MIG_OFFLINE_PLATFORM_ARCH=32
set tmp=c:\
set temp=c:\
cd C:\USMT\x86
SCANSTATE c:\mystore /offlineWinDir:C:\Windows /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml /i:MigDocs.xml /o
Install Windows 7
Install all applications
LoadState c:\mystore /i:MigApp.xml /i:MigUser.xml /lac
Start the computer with Windows 7 PE --64bit
set USMT_WORKING_DIR=C:\USMT\amd64
set MIG_OFFLINE_PLATFORM_ARCH=64
Set Tmp=c:\
Set temp=c:\
cd C:\USMT\amd64
SCANSTATE c:\mystore /offlineWinDir:C:\Windows /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml /i:MigDocs.xml /o
Install Windows 7
install all applications
LoadState c:\mystore /i:MigApp.xml /i:MigUser.xml /lac