HT4796 Windows Migration Assistant

I bought a new MacBook Air 13 and had the data transferred from my old PC at the Apple Store.  I'm giving the old PC to my husband and have been trying to "clean it up" a little first.  Should I uninstall Windows Migration Assistant now?

It won't hurt.   You can always re-load it if you find you need it again.

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  • HT4796 windows migration assistant has errors in preparing data on my PC

    Hi,
    just got my new iMac and want to migrate files from my Windows XP machine using Windows Migration Assistant for Lion. It seemed to install OK on the PC but it will not run. It comes up with an message saying found errors in preparing data. Any ideas?
    Peter

    Are you using wifi to migrate?

  • HT4796 Windows Migration Assistant Errors

    I am trying to install the windows migration assistant from the apple website so I can move my files to my new mac, but I continually get a message that says it "Requires Microsoft .NET framework 3.5." But I know for a fact that I have version 4. Do you know how I can fix this?

    It won't hurt.   You can always re-load it if you find you need it again.

  • HT4796 Windows Migration Assistant problem, files wont transfer to the macbook

    When i start the copying it says copying movies but after that nothing happends, it stood like that for 12 hours. What should i do

    anyone have any thoughts?
    I still haven't found the time to try to re-install the from the old osx. 
    I have created a time machine of the current system so I can atleast reboot to that.
    thnx

  • HT4796 I'm transfering info from my old pc to my new macbook pro, using Windows Migration Assistant. All was fine but has now lost connection (wifi) and won't reconnect. Mac is showing transfer window and I cant escape, I'm new to mac.

    I'm transfering info from my old pc to my new macbook pro, using Windows Migration Assistant. All was fine but has now lost connection (wifi) and won't reconnect. Mac is showing transfer window and I cant escape, I'm new to mac

    You'll need to erase the drive by booting up holding command-option-r keys into your Recovery Volume.
    Use Disk Utility to erase the disk and then Internet Recovery. That will take a while.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

  • HT4796 after transfering data froAm my pc to mac using windows migration assist, where do the data go to on my mac please?

    after transfering data froAm my pc to mac using windows migration assist, where do the data go to on my mac please?

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
    By default, Migration Assistant creates a new user account where it puts all the transferred data. Just go to  > Log Out, and log in the new user that Migration Assistant has created, so you will be able to access to the transferred data.
    If you want to merge the data into the first user account, use the Shared folder (it's in /Users/Shared) to put the transferred files there, and then, on the first user, go to the Shared folder and put all the data in the folders you want

  • HT4796 on my windows XP pro PC i opened windows migration assistant and the first message is: "Cannot start Outlook Express. The application can not initialize the storage. The computer doesn't have enough memory or your disk is full. (0x80007114)"

    on my windows XP pro PC i opened windows migration assistant and the first message is: "Cannot start Outlook Express. The application can not initialize the storage. The computer doesn't have enough memory or your disk is full. (0x80007114)"
    On my windows PC outlook express is NOT running and as far as i know, NOT installed.
    How do I install Outlook Express??
    I want to use my new Imac.....    

    Disk storage issues frequently happen if the hard disc is over 85% full.    Make sure your trash can is emptied after backing up any files you want to keep elsewhere.

  • HT4796 Are there any unanticipated problems in carrying out the procedure outlined for 'Windows Migration Assistant'?

    Are there any unanticipated problems in carrying out the procedure outlined in the 'Windows Migration Assistant' instructions?

    One I have seen mentioned a couple of times is it will set up an identical user account on the Mac, which has led to some problems.
    I don't know how to fix this since I haven't used Windows since 1995.

  • HT4796 Can i use windows migration assistant to transfer files from a windows formatted hard drive to a mac?

    I have a windows formatted hard drive and a macbook pro. I was wondering if i could use the windows migration assistant to transfer files from my hard drive to the mac

    No.
    Just connect the drive to your Mac. The Mac can read most Windows formats (it cannot WRITE Windows New Technology File System (NTFS) formatted drives.

  • HT4796 I can not get windows migration assistant to work on my Sony Viao running windows 7

    I can not get windows migration assistant to work with Sony Laptop running windows 7.

    Hello,
    - What did you do so far ?
    - Do you have any error messages ?
    You will find a lot of useful informations on this page :
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796

  • Lion Boot Camp Windows Migration Assistant Recovery

    "Some features of Mac OS X Lion are not supported for the disk (volume name)" appears during installation"
    The disk has a non-standard Boot Camp partition setup, where further partitioning was performed after running Boot Camp Assistant, or the configuration that Boot Camp Assistant created was manually modified
    Recovery HD is not needed to install and run OS X Lion
    You won't have the on-disk utilities for disk repair
    If you use Boot Camp, you can run Boot Camp Assistant after installing OS X Lion to create a new Boot Camp partition, then restore the data from the backup you made of your previous Boot Camp partition.
    You can also use the OS X Lion installer from the Mac App Store to create an external bootable drive, complete with a Recovery HD partition. See this article for more details. (404 on lnk).  Create Lion Recovery Drive
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649
    OS X Lion: About Windows Migration Assistant
    Last Modified: July 20, 2011
    Article: HT4796
    Summary
    With OS X Lion, you can migrate all of the information from your old Windows PC to your new Mac. Lion automatically transfers your contacts, calendars, and email accounts and puts them in the appropriate applications.
    To migrate information from a PC to your Mac
    Download to the Windows PC the Windows Migration Assistant installer from here. (broken link)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796
    About Lion Recovery
    What to do if the installer warns that no Recovery HD can be created
    Some disk partition configurations may result in the OS X Lion installer reporting that it could not create a Recovery HD. In these situations, even if you are permitted to continue the install, you should quit the install and create an external, bootable OS X Lion hard drive with a Recovery HD, first. You will be able to return to the upgrade to OS X Lion on your computer's boot drive after creating the external Recovery HD.
    Your storage device must have at least 13 GB available (after formatting) to install Lion and an Internet Restore partition.
    Restart your Mac and hold down the Command key and the R key (Command-R), and keep holding them until the Apple icon appears, indicating that your Mac is starting up.
    After the Recovery HD is finished starting up, you should see a desktop with a Mac OS X menu bar and a "Mac OS X Utilities" application window.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
    (I would love to see Apple - Support - with a category "Knowledge Base Articles" and from there "Newly added and updated" sub-category, especially with so many new articles being added and updatec)

    The Migration Assistant will not migrate Windows.
    (35227)

  • Windows migration assistant won't go passed the first screen. Connecting hp files to new Mac mini with Ethernet cable. Also tried USB

    Windows migration assistant won't go passed the first screen. Connecting hp files to new Mac mini with Ethernet cable. Also tried USB

    Are you following these instructions?
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4796
    Have yo tired by connecting both to same network vice direct ethernet connection?
    There is no direct USB connection

  • Windows migration assistant created 2 accounts on my Mac

    Windows migration assistant created 2 accounts on my daughters new Mac,
    In a hurry to set up my daughters New Macbook Air we downloaded the Windows Migration Assistant when migrating we unticked music and videos intending to migrate them at a later date and migrated everything else.
    Then today a week later we decided to migrate the music and videos across and was amazed to see the software had created a new separate account on the mac.
    So my daughter has one account with all her coursework and other info then a separate account with all her music and iTunes etc.
    There was nothing in the process that suggested or warned it was a one time tool per account and why the code writers would assume a new account was needed each time the tool is used seems a rigid approach.
    Does anybody know if there's a way to get the music and videos over to the first account and then delete the unneeded second account?

    While it surprised me what to migration did with transferring the old files, it really out smarted me - to no real surprise.
    It might have been nice to have known what to expect. Now that this is done, how can I keep some files separate on the two different accounts.
    I want access to some files on one account but not on the other. Shared files, maybe?
    How can that be set up?
    Thanks.

  • Can i use windows migration assistant to transfer files from my windows formatted external hard drive to my mac?

    I have a windows formatted external hard drive and a macbook pro. I was wondering if i could use the windows migration assistant to transfer files from my external hard drive to the mac

    No.
    Just connect the drive to your Mac. The Mac can read most Windows formats (it cannot WRITE Windows New Technology File System (NTFS) formatted drives.

  • Need help with Windows Migration Assistant, as a window pops up and I don't know what to do?

    Hiya, so I just purchased a macbook pro and I want to transfer files using Windows Migration assistant.
    However whenever I go to do it, the mac connects to the computer and the computer always stays on 'trying to connect to mac'
    and sometimes this windows pops up where it says:
    'Email
    There is no email program associated to perform the requested action. Please install an email program, or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.'
    I'm confused as I have an email program on the pc ( Windows Live Mail)
    However I don't know what it means to create an 'association' and I have gone into default programs control panel to try find this associations and have however I don't know how to make this association as I've searched for the program Windows Migration Assistant, however it isn't there and I'm not sure what to do.
    Please help?

    OS X 10.9 Mavericks/ 10.10 Yosemite
      1. Repair Disk      http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
      2.  Reset PRAM:   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
    Best.

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