USMT question

[JP Breton]

How can I tell USMT to copy all user's folder on drice C:\ (it can be
anything) and put it back on the drive c:\ of the new computer?

Right now, USMT is copying some folder and the folders are copied in the My
document folder of the new computer.

Thanks

JP

 

[glenn fincher]

How can I tell USMT to copy all user's folder on drice C:\ (it can be
anything) and put it back on the drive c:\ of the new computer?

Right now, USMT is copying some folder and the folders are copied in the
My document folder of the new computer.

If you mean "all user's folders" as in "All users folders from the Documents
& Settings\%username% location" then adding the "/all" switch to USMT will
accomplish what you are looking for - maybe!

If you want to copy arbitrary folders such as something like;
"C:\MyCoolTools", to an equivalent location on the destination machine, then
that will take a custom USMT file OR use of a "standard" backup application.

The default behavior of collecting data from misc. locations and restoring
it to the My Documents folder on the destination machine is considered a
"best practice" of consolidating data in a logical location. The problem
you are likely to face is the ability to capture random folders & content
from a source machine and restore it to the same location on the
destination.

Look at the USMT.CHM file and see if you can get some of your answers there.

Know this wasn't a "step by step" answer... but... hope it helps.

Glenn Fincher

 

[JP Breton]

I have read the CHM help file but did not find what I was looking for...

Thanks for your help anyway

JP

 

[glenn fincher]

I have read the CHM help file but did not find what I was looking for...

So... are you wishing to use USMT in a more general arbitrary backup mode?
If so, you will probably find it insufficient to the task... OR just too
hard to guestimate the many individual scenarios of data that you would need
to capture.

USMT has a definite design to collect user data & settings and restore same
to a known location - "My Documents". You can, with a bit of hard work, get
it to also include other defined user data locations, as well as individual
applications & associated folder structures. It will just take some trial &
effort to get it working across a range of un-managed machines.

Glenn Fincher