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 pre-checks
- 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
- 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
Figure 166. Reagentc Command
2. Perform the following steps to run a system-wide file scan to check if any files are missing and try to repair them:
a. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator.
b. Enter sfc /scannow.
This process takes some time to scan the system and attempt any repairs if possible.
Figure 167. System File Checker
3. Restart your PC after the scan is complete, and reset your PC again.
4. Perform the following steps to clean and repair the Windows image. You can attempt either a basic scan or an advanced
scan.
a. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator.
b. Enter dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth.
c. If step 4b does not resolve the issue, enter dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth for a more advanced
scan and repair. This step takes a longer time to complete.
After the scan is complete, restart the system, and reset your PC again.
Data Erase
101