Users Guide

Figure 186. OneDrive — Stop backup
This restores the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folder locations to their original location on the hard drive. After you stop
backing up a folder, the files that were already backed up by OneDrive stays in the OneDrive folder and is not displayed on your
local device folder.
For more information, see Back up your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop folders with OneDrive.
How does Dell Data Assistant migrate Desktop, Documents, and Pictures
folders?
Dell Migrate allows you to migrate files by selecting individual files or by selecting all the files at once. The behavior of Desktop,
Documents, and Pictures migration differ based on the following scenarios:
OneDrive not configured on the new PC and old PC
Dell Migrate takes the default location of the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders for migration. If you have modified the
location of any of these paths, then the modified location is picked up for migration.
For example, if the Desktop folder on the old PC is C:\Users\John\Desktop, and the Desktop folder on the new PC is
C:\Desktop, all the files are migrated from the old PC C:\Users\John\Desktop folder to the new PC C:\Desktop
folder.
By default, Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders are selected for migration.
Logged in to the same OneDrive account on the new PC and the old PC
OneDrive syncs your OneDrive files if you sign in to the same account on both the old and new PCs. The migration from the old
PC OneDrive folder to the new PC OneDrive folder does not happen and the OneDrive files are excluded from migration because
the files are already synced through OneDrive.
Logged in to different OneDrive accounts on the new PC and the old PC and have selected Desktop, Documents, and
Pictures folders for backup on both PCs
The files are migrated from the OneDrive folder on the old PC to the <Drive name>: \Users\<Username>\<old
PC-Machine Name> OneDrive folder on the new PC. Shortcuts icons are created on the actual Desktop, Documents, and
Pictures folders that redirect to <Drive name>: \Users\<Username>\<old PC-Machine Name>.
For example, if the Desktop folder on the old PC is C:\Users\John\OneDrive\Desktop, and the Desktop folder
on the new PC is C:\Users\Ross\OneDrive\Desktop, all the Desktop files are migrated from the old PC C:
\Users\John\OneDrive\Desktop folder to the new PC C:\Users\Ross\<old PC-Machine Name>\Desktop
folder.
All the files are migrated from the old PC C:\Users\John\OneDrive\ folder to the new PC C:
\Users\John\OneDrive\Desktopfolder except the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders.
A shortcut is created in the C:\Users\Ross\OneDrive\Desktop folder, which redirects to C:\Users\Ross\<old PC-
Machine Name>\Desktop folder.
Migration of OneDrive files
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