You are working with a team that will be bringing in new computers to a sales department at a company. The sales team would like to keep not only their old files, but system settings as well on the…

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Options

• ADo a system backup (complete) on each old machine, then restore it onto the new machines.
• BUse the Disk Management tool to move everything to the new computer.
• CUse the User State Migration tool to move the system settings and files to the new machines.
• DCopy the files and the Windows Registry to a removable media then copy it onto the new

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  14% (7)
• C
  73% (36)
• D
  8% (4)

Explanation

The User State Migration Tool is made specifically for this purpose. Large scale migrations require not only files but system settings to be moved to new machines and Microsoft created this tool for this purpose. What is User State Migration Tool (USMT)? User State Migration Tool (USMT) is used to migrate user files and settings during large deployments of Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista operating systems. It captures desktop, and application settings, as well as user accounts and users' files, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation. It helps administrators to improve and simplify migration process. USMT can be used for both side-by-side and wipe-and-load migrations. USMT component SCANSTATE.EXE is used to collect the files and settings from the source computer and the LOADSTATE.EXE component is used to restore the user state onto the destination computer. Answer option D is incorrect. Moving the Windows registry will not work and could in cause major problems on the new system. This is especially true if the new system has a more modern version of Windows. Answer option B is incorrect. The disk management tool is used for managing disk partitions. Answer option A is incorrect. A complete backup will likely cause problems on the new This is especially true if the new system has a more modern version of Windows. http.//technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457090.aspx

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