Dell Migrate User's Guide

Prerequisites

1. Dell SupportAssist for Home PCs must be installed on your new PC. If SupportAssist is not installed on your PC, download and install SupportAssist. For more information about installing SupportAssist, see the latest version of SupportAssist for Home PCs User's Guide on the SupportAssist for Home PCs documentation page.
2. You must be signed in as an administrator on both the old and the new PCs.
3. Both the old and the new PCs must be connected to the same local network.
4. Both the old and the new PCs must be connected to a power outlet throughout the data migration process.
5. For data migration, the operating system installed on old PC must be Windows 7 or later.
6. For data erase, the operating system installed on old PC must be Windows 8.1 or later.
7. The operating system that is installed on new PC must be Windows 10 or later.
8. Dell Data Assistant must be installed on your old PC. Download and install Dell Data Assistant from www.dell.com/DataAssistant

Tips to migrate data from one desktop PC to another

In certain scenarios, where you have only one set of peripheral devices (one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse) while migrating data between two desktop PCs, use the following tips:

1. You need one monitor for each PC. If you have only one monitor, check if the monitor has multiple input ports available such as HDMI, DVI, VGA, and DVI. If so, connect the monitor to both the PCs. Use the monitor settings to switch the input source between the two PCs as you progress through the steps.

   Alternatively, most televisions can be used as monitors. You may connect either your old PC or the new PC to a television for the duration of the migration.

2. You need one mouse for each PC. If you have only one mouse, switch the mouse between the PCs at various steps.
3. You need one keyboard for each PC. If you have only one keyboard, connect it to your old PC and use the on-screen virtual keyboard on your new PC. To launch the on-screen keyboard, enter on-screen keyboard in the search box next to the start icon on the taskbar and launch it from the search results.
4. If your new PC does not have WiFi capabilities, use a LAN cable to directly connect both the PCs. Connect one end of the LAN cable to the new PC and one end to the old PC. This establishes a PC-to-PC network.

General tips

1. If your old PC has more drives than your new PC, use the drive mapping feature to map data from multiple drives to a single drive on your new PC. For more information, see Mapping the drives.
2. If you do not have enough hard drive capacity on your new PC, select only the most important files to migrate. For more information, see Select files to migrate.