In addition to the USMT backup, you can enable an optional full Windows Imaging (WIM) backup of the machine by configuring the MDT rules. When you use this feature, the files are linked in the file system, which allows for fast migration, even when there's many files.
Wipe the partition, except for the backup folder.ĭuring the computer refresh, USMT uses a feature called Hard-Link Migration Store. Back up data and settings locally, in a backup folder. 
To complete a computer refresh, you will: The computer refresh processĪ computer refresh isn't the same as an in-place upgrade because a computer refresh involves exporting user data and settings then wiping the device before installing a fresh OS and restoring the user's data and settings.įor a computer refresh with MDT, you use the User State Migration Tool (USMT), which is part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10, to migrate user data and settings. For more information on the setup for this article, see Prepare for deployment with MDT. The example used here is a computer running Windows 7 SP1.īoth DC01 and MDT01 are running Windows Server 2019 however any supported version of Windows Server can be used.
PC0001 is a domain member computer running a previous version of Windows that is going to be refreshed to a new version of Windows 10, with data and settings restored. MDT01 is domain member server that hosts your deployment share. DC01 is a domain controller for the domain. For more info on that scenario, see the USMTOfflineMigration property on the MDT resource page.įor the purposes of this article, we'll use three computers: DC01, MDT01, and PC0001. MDT also supports an offline computer refresh. In this article, the computer refresh will be done while the computer is online. You can also use this procedure to reinstall the same OS version. The computer refresh scenario is a reinstallation of an updated operating system on the same computer. This article will show you how to use MDT Lite Touch Installation (LTI) to upgrade a Windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 computer using the online computer refresh process.
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