Windows 7 deployment fails during a computer refresh or replacement

To fix this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1

When you install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), select the Deployment Tools feature in addition to the Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT). Then, run Scanstate.exe from a deployment tools command prompt.

Method 2

If you can't install the Windows ADK on the system that's running Loadstate, install the Windows 10 ADK on another system (and make sure that you also install the Deployment Tools feature). Then, follow these steps:

1. Locate the appropriate architecture folder from the following paths on the system that has the ADK installed:
   
   
   
   
   • For x64 computers
     
     
     C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM
     
     
     C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\x86\DISM
   • For x32 computers
     
     
     C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM
     
     C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\x86\DISM
2. Copy the following binaries to the matching architecture folder from step 1 that contains Loadstate.exe:
   
   
   
   
   • dismapi.dll
   • api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-1.dll
   • api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l1-1-0.dll
   • api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l2-1-0.dll
   • api-ms-win-downlevel-ole32-l1-1-1.dll
   • api-ms-win-downlevel-user32-l1-1-1.dll
   • api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll
3. If you're using System Center Configuration Manager, update the USMT package on the distribution points that contain the USMT package.
   
   

For example, if you want to update the package for x64 deployments, copy the files in step 2 from the following folder:

Then, paste the files to the following folder: