Upgrade or migrate?

Hi,

I read through several migration methods, but still not really clear about
which to use and the consequences of each method. I have a WinNT PDC
running and I want to preserve all the logon accounts and permission.

Q1: If I use ADMT, which is to create trust between new Win2003 and WinNT
PDC and run the migration tool, will everything be preserved after the
migration such that user is transparent and can just log on as normal
without having to rejoin new domain of Win2003?

Q2: If I want to use back the old machine, can I just run Win2003 on the
WinNT and perform upgrade? Using this method, will all the user profiles
be preserved including permission for folder setting?

Thanks.

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