Dell Migrate User's Guide

During migration, files, folder, and settings are migrated from the old PC to the new PC. However, certain files and settings that interfere with the Windows operating system operations are excluded from migration.

The following files and folders are excluded:

• C:\Program Files
• C:\Program Files (x86)
• C:\Windows
• C:\Windows.old
• C:\Windows10Upgrade
• C:\ProgramData
• C:\MSOCache
• C:\Intel
• C:\Dell
• C:\PerfLogs
• C:\temp
• C:\swapfile.sys
• C:\pagefile.sys
• C:\hiberfil.sys
• C:\config.sys
• C:\Config.Msi
• C:\Documents and Settings
• C:\OneDriveTemp
• C:\Recovery
• C:\$WINDOWS. ~BT
• C:\autoexe.bat
• C:\$RECYCLE.BIN
• C:\$GetCurrent
• C:\System Volume Information
• C:\Users\User1
• C:\Users\User3
• C:\Users\User2\AppData
• C:\Users\User2\ntuser.dat

The following paths are excluded for non-OS drives:

• D:\$WINDOWS. ~BT
• D:\$RECYCLE.BIN
• D:\System Volume Information