Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Migrate User's Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Data Migration
- Migrate and erase data from old PC
- Check the network settings
- Change the system locale
- Device discovery and pre-checks
- Unsupported Windows version
- Applications to close before migrating
- Start Migrate
- Launch Data Assistant on your old PC
- Launch Migrate through SupportAssist on your new Dell PC
- Code verification
- Migrate multiple accounts
- Searching for files and settings
- Troubleshooting network disconnect issues during migration
- Create Data Assistant shortcut
- Select files to migrate
- Mapping the drives
- Migration progress
- Migration summary
- Migration completion
- Retry or finish the migration process after it was canceled
- Troubleshooting migration failure
- Troubleshooting when migration is completed with warnings
- Issues while launching Data Assistant on old PC
- Data Erase
- Perform erase without migration
- Prechecks for erase
- Disabling BitLocker
- Troubleshooting hard disk failure issues
- Troubleshooting when external storage is found
- Set reminder
- Levels of erase
- Reset SupportAssist OS Recovery
- Windows reset Windows 10
- Prerequisites for resetting Windows 8.1
- Troubleshooting Windows reset
- Manual Reboot
Figure 154. Checking partition in Disk Management
If your OEM has provided you with a recovery media, such as USB drive or DVD, plug in or insert the media before proceeding.
Perform the following steps to check if your system has recovery media:
1. Press Windows + R key to open Run.
2. Enter diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter.
Disk Management is displayed.
3. Verify that the system contains a recovery media.
Figure 155. Primary partition displayed in Disk Management
If you are unable to find the Recovery partition, and you do not have any recovery media, contact your device manufacturer for
more information.
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Data Erase