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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.

• 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.

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.

• ThinkPad Reserve Edition
• ThinkPad G41, G50
• ThinkPad R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, R60, R60e, R60i, R61, R61e, R61i
• ThinkPad T43, T43p, T60, T60p, T61, T61p
• ThinkPad X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet, X300
• ThinkPad Z60m, Z60s, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t
• ThinkCentre A35 (type 8139)
• ThinkCentre A50 (type 8084, 8085, 8126, 8147, 8148, 8149, 8174, 8175, 8176, 8177, 8178, 8089, 8090, 8320, 8419)
• ThinkCentre A50p (type 8192, 8193, 8194, 8195, 8196, 8197, 8432, 8433)
• ThinkCentre A51 (type 8105, 8107, 8109, 8117, 8119, 8121, 8122, 8123, 8124, 8129, 8131, 8132, 8133, 8134, 8135, 8136, 8137, 8138, 8424, 8425, 8428, 9212)
• ThinkCentre A51p (type 8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8426, 8427)
• ThinkCentre A52 (type 8153, 8154, 8155, 8156, 8157, 8158, 8159, 8160, 8161, 8162, 8163, 8164, 8165, 8166, 8167, 8168, 8169, 8170, 8287, 8288, 8289, 8296, 8297, 8298, 8326, 8327, 8328, 8329, 8340, 8341, 8342, 8343, 8344, 8380, 8381, 8382)
• ThinkCentre A53 (type 8701, 8702, 8970, 8973, 8980, 8983, 8992, 8995, 9276, 9277, 9286, 9287, 9378, 9387, 9628, 9635)
• ThinkCentre A55 (type 8705, 8706, 8972, 8975, 8982, 8985, 8994, 9265, 9636, 9638, 9640, 9641)
• ThinkCentre A60 (type 8013, 8700, 8976, 8979, 8986, 8991, 9266, 9269, 9282, 9283, 9374, 9383, 9384, 9631, 9646, 9647, 9694, 9695)
• ThinkCentre A61 (type 9120, 9127, 9126, 9128, 9129, 9130, 9134, 9135, 9136, 9137, 9139, 9140, 9141, 9142, 9143, 9144, 9156, 9157, 9158, 9169, 9171, 9189, 9191)
• ThinkCentre A61e (type 6416, 6417, 6418, 6449, 6453, 6495)
• ThinkCentre E50 (type 8290, 8291, 8292, 8293, 8294, 8295, 8469, 8472, 8473, 8474, 8708, 8709, 8710, 8711, 8719, 8771, 8772, 8773, 8774, 8776, 8777, 8778, 8779, 8817, 8818, 8819, 9214, 9215, 9216, 9217, 9218, 9219)
• ThinkCentre E51 (type 8463, 8464, 8465, 8466, 8467, 8468, 8712, 8713, 8714, 8715)
• ThinkCentre M50 (type 8128, 8185, 8186, 8187, 8188, 8189, 8190, 8413, 8414, 8415, 8430, 8431)
• ThinkCentre M50e (type 8179)
• ThinkCentre M51 (type 8095, 8096, 8097, 8104, 8106, 8108, 8118, 8120, 8141, 8142, 8143, 8144, 8145, 8146)
• ThinkCentre M51e (type 9213)
• ThinkCentre M52 (type 8099, 8110, 8111, 8112, 8113, 8114, 8115, 8116, 8211, 8212, 8213, 8214, 8215, 9210, 9211)
• ThinkCentre M52e (type 8299)
• ThinkCentre M55 (type 6486, 6487, 6488, 6489, 8009, 8010, 8011, 8012, 8791, 8792, 8793, 8794, 8795, 8796, 8797, 8798, 8799, 8800, 8801, 8802, 8803, 8804, 8805, 8806, 8807, 8808, 8810, 8811, 8812, 8813, 8814, 8816)
• ThinkCentre M55e (type 6490, 6491, 9278, 9279, 9288, 9379, 9380, 9389, 9632, 9637, 9642, 9643, 9644, 9645, 9648, 9649)
• ThinkCentre M55p (type 6487, 6488, 8792, 8794, 8796, 8798, 8800, 8802, 8804, 8806, 8808, 8811, 8813, 8816)
• ThinkCentre M57 (type 6008, 6010, 6019, 6062, 6065, 6066, 6068, 6069, 6071, 6072, 6074, 6075, 6076, 6077, 6079, 6081, 6082, 6086, 6087, 6089, 9172, 9174, 9181, 9182)
• ThinkCentre M57p (type 6064, 6067, 6073, 6078, 6088, 9011, 9012, 9013, 9014, 9018, 9019, 9071, 9087, 9088, 9089, 9096, 9160, 9162, 9163, 9164, 9193, 9194, 9196, 9303)
• ThinkCentre S50 (type 8086, 8087, 8088, 8094, 8127, 8183, 8184, 8416, 8417, 8418, 8429)
• ThinkCentre S51 (type 8098, 8171, 8172, 8173)
  
  

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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	System Migration Assistant Deployment Guide
	System Migration Assistant 5.2 Considerations
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