The ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant (SMA) application is a system manageability tool that runs on ThinkPad and ThinkCentre computers. System Migration Assistant reduces the time and effort that is needed to migrate end users to a new system by capturing settings and data files from the source computer so that they can be applied to the target computer. As part of the ThinkVantage Technology family of solutions, SMA helps provide a cost-effective migration process when users are moving to a new Microsoft Windows operating system, including Microsoft Windows Vista™.
System Migration Assistant quickly and accurately migrates user, system, and network settings, e-mail and data from one computer to another. It has an easy-to-use graphical user interface for end-user migrations and a silent mode that enables IT personnel to automate the migration process to a large number of systems. Additional features enable you to customize the migration process.
Consider the following when using this code:
Please refer to the "System Migration Assistant Readme" file about installation and considerations and the "Deployment Guide" if you are an IT administrator planning to deploy Rescue and Recovery in your organization.
Supported operating environments
System Migration Assistant is supported on any ThinkPad or ThinkCentre computer running one of the following operating systems. The source and target systems must run the same language version of Windows. SMA can migrate a user's work environment within and across operating systems. The following tables show which migration scenarios are valid. Those marked with Yes* indicate that the scenario supports files and folders migration only.
Source System
Target system
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Home
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
No
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
No
No
No
No
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
No
No
No
No
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
No
No
No
No
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Home Basic
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Home Premium
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Professional
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Enterprise
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Ultimate
No
No
No
No
Source System
Target system
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
No
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
No
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
No
No
No
Yes
Windows 7 Home Basic
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Home Premium
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Professional
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Enterprise
No
No
No
No
Windows 7 Ultimate
No
No
No
No
Source System
Target system
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
No
No
No
No
Yes
Windows 7 Home Basic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 Home Premium
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 Professional
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 Enterprise
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 Ultimate
No
No
No
No
Yes
Notes:
You can migrate your work environment from a 32-bit operating system to a 64-bit operating system. However, you cannot migrate your work environment from a 64-bit operating system to a 32-bit operating system.(Windows XP 64-bit is not supported)
The source and target computers must run the same language version of Windows.
Supported systems
All ThinkPad Systems
All ThinkCentre Systems
All Value Line desktop and notebook systems
System requirements
Source and target computers must meet the following conditions:
A Microsoft Windows® operating system supported by SMA must be installed.
The hard drive must have 50MB of space free for the SMA installation files.
The hard drive on the source computer must have enough free space the temporary files that are created during the capture phase. The disk space required depends on the size of the SMA migration file created.
The target computer must be able to access the SMA migration file. You can use a local area network (LAN), a removable medium (such as a USB hard drive), or an Ethernet crossover cable.
For a PC to PC migration, the target computer must have free space on the disk amounting to twice the size of the temporary files.
For a file transfer migration with default settings, the migration file destination must have free space on the disk equal to the total size of the migration files.
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