During the Get On The Bus Tour, I did a demo using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 where I took a Windows XP machine with Office 2003 on it and migrated it to Windows 7 and Office 2010 in under 40 minutes. I have received several emails with questions on this presentation, so here are the answers to those questions.

What is MDT 2010 and how do I get it???

• Check out my post on the MDT 2010 here and information on how to access the latest version.

How do I build the image and use the tool?

• Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Using MDT 2010?
  • Part 1: Building the Deployment Environment
  • Part 2: Initiating the Install and Migrating the PC

How do I build that bootable USB stick?

1. Based on the size of the content folder, acquire a USB drive that will store all of your files. (Remember, you can do everything by storing your deployment files on the network also and boot from the LiteTouchPEx86/x64.iso files – they are typically under 300MB)
2. Prepare the USB drive to be bootable
   1. Insert drive
   2. Open an elevated Command Prompt
   3. Type “diskpart.exe”
   4. Type “list disk” and find the disk number
   5. Type “sel disk 1” (replace the “1” with the actual number)
   6. Type “clean”
   7. Type “cre par pri”
   8. Type “active”
   9. Type “format fs=ntfs quick”
   10. Type “assign”
   11. Type “exit”
3. Now copy the content in the “content” folder to the root of the USB stick.
4. Now you should have a bootable USB stick with your image and custom build on it.

How can I view your Get On The Bus Tour presentation?

Thanks again to everyone who attended our Bus Tour events!

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