Which four actions should you perform in sequence?

You administer 50 laptops that run Windows 7 Professional 32-bit.
You want to install Windows 8 Pro 64-bit on every laptop. Users will keep their own laptops.
You need to ensure that user application settings, Windows settings, and user files are maintained after
Windows 8 Pro is installed.
Which four actions should you perform in sequence?
(To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the
correct order.)

Answer:

Explanation:

User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) Reference
Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825171.aspx
* You use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 5.0 when hardware and/or operating system upgrades are
planned for a large number of computers. USMT manages the migration of an end- user’s digital identityby
capturing the user’s operating-system settings, application settings, and personal files from a sourcecomputer
and reinstalling them on a destination computer after the upgrade has occurred.
One common scenario when only the operating system,and not the hardware, is being upgraded is referred to
as PC refresh. A second common scenario is known asPC replacement, where one piece of hardware is being
replaced, typically by newer hardware and a newer operating system.
* Scenario: PC-refresh using a hard-link migration store A company has just received funds to update the
operating system on all of its computers to Windows8. Each employee will keep the same computer, but the
operating system on each computer will be updated. In this scenario, an administrator uses a hard-link
migration store to save each user state to their respective computer.
The administrator runs the ScanState command-line tool on each computer, specifying the /hardlink /
nocompress command-line options. ScanState saves the user state to a hard-link migration store on each
computer, improving performance by minimizing network traffic as well as minimizing migration failureson
computers with very limited space available on the hard drive.
On each computer, the administrator installs the company’s SOE which, includes Windows 8 and other
company applications.
The administrator runs the LoadState command-line tool on each computer. LoadState restores each user
state back on each computer.
How to Use Hard Links for User State Migration
Reference 2:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee344267.aspx
In Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, hard-link migration maintains user state data on
the Windows-based computer when the old operating system is removed and the new operating system is
installed. It is best suited to scenarios where theoperating system is being upgraded on a computer. Using a
hard-link migration store improves migration performance, enables new migration options, and reduces hard-disk utilization and deployment costs. User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 is included in Configuration
Manager 2007 SP2 and supports hard-link migration storage for user state migration.
32-bit and 64-bit Windows: frequently asked questions
Reference 3:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-windows-frequently-asked-questions
If you want to move from a 32-bit version of Windows to a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or vice versa, you’ll need
to back up your files and choose the Custom option during Windows 7 installation. Then, you’ll need torestore
your files and reinstall your programs.