Windows 10 User Migration Tool

By | November 19, 2019

Use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to migrate users on Windows 10.

1) Install Deployment Kit with User State Migration Tool selected.

2) Copy the USMT folder to a network share in Utilities from:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\User State Migration Tool

3) Create User_Backup.cmd with:

@echo off
@set /p varuser=”User to Backup:” %=%
net use x:  <USMT network folder path>\usmt
x: scanstate.exe x:\store /ue:*\* /ui:na\%varuser% /O /v:13 /i:MigUser.xml /i:MigApp.xml
net use x: /delete /Y
pause

4) Create User_Restore.cmd with:

@echo offset /p varuser=”User to Restore:” %=%
net use x: <USMT network folder path>\usmt
x:loadstate.exe z:\store /v:13 /ue:\ /ui:na\%varuser%
net use x: /delete /Y
pause

5) Verify Freespace on network share, or set your save to location on destination PC.

6) On the source PC, log on as admin and run User_Backup.cmd as admin.  Enter the username of the user to backup.

7) On the destination PC, log on as admin and run User_Restore.cmd as admin.  Enter the username of the user to restore.

You can extract compressed .MIG file with the following command:

usmtutils /extract  <USMT network folder>\usmt\store\USMT\usmt.mig C:\ExtractedStore