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 prechecks
- 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
- Migration of file attributes
- 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
- Running Dell Migrate on desktop PCs
- Tips for faster data migration
- Migration of OneDrive files
Unlock the files using an encryption password ...................................................................................................75
Unlock the files using a recovery key..................................................................................................................... 76
Troubleshooting hard disk failure issues...................................................................................................................... 78
Troubleshooting when external storage is found....................................................................................................... 81
Set reminder....................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Levels of erase................................................................................................................................................................... 83
Reset SupportAssist OS Recovery............................................................................................................................... 84
Windows reset Windows 10............................................................................................................................................ 87
Prerequisites for resetting Windows 10................................................................................................................. 88
Reset Windows 10 using the Keep my files option........................................................................................... 89
Reset Windows 10 using the Remove everything option................................................................................91
Prerequisites for resetting Windows 8.1......................................................................................................................96
Reset Windows 8.1...................................................................................................................................................... 98
Troubleshooting Windows reset ................................................................................................................................. 103
Manual Reboot................................................................................................................................................................. 105
Chapter 4: Running Dell Migrate on desktop PCs....................................................................... 107
Chapter 5: Tips for faster data migration................................................................................... 108
Tips for faster data migration using LAN cable........................................................................................................108
Tips for faster data migration using WiFi...................................................................................................................109
General tips for faster data migration......................................................................................................................... 110
Chapter 6: Migration of OneDrive files........................................................................................ 111
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................ 111
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