Data Assistant helps you transfer files and settings to your new Dell PC and erase personal files and settings from your old PC.
Prerequisites
The operating system that is installed on your old PC must be Windows 7 or later.
The operating system that is installed on your new PC must be Windows 10 or later.
You must be logged in as an administrator on your old and new PCs.
Ensure that you are using a compatible version of the Windows operating system (Windows 7 or later) to perform the migration from your old PC to your new Dell PC.
Ensure that you are logged in as an administrator or the account you are currently logged in with has administrator privileges on your old PC.
Figure 1. Download and install Dell Data Assistant on your old PC
Data Assistant runs the prechecks on the PC and a message displayed if any of the prerequisites are not met. For more information about the prechecks performed by Data Assistant, see
Device discovery and prechecks.
Figure 2. Data Assistant on your old PC
You must be on a trusted network to securely connect both the old and the new PCs. If you are on a network that you have not classified as trusted within Windows on your new PC, a message is displayed to confirm your security settings. Perform one of the following steps:
Click
Trust Network if you recognize and trust the network to proceed with the migration.
Click
Cancel if you do not trust the network. Reconnect to a network that you trust, and restart the process.
NOTE: If your network is already trusted, the message is not displayed.
Figure 3. Trust network on your old PC
The
Migrate page is displayed.
Click
Let's get started to start connecting both the old and the new PCs. For more details about this process, see
Start Migrate.
Figure 4. Data Assistant welcome page on your old PC
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