Migration assistant did not transfer my files from pc to my mac, even though it says it did

When i used the migration assistant to transfer my files from my pc to mac, it seems i could not find any of my files. it said it transferred successfully, but nothing shows up on my mac. I did it twice? what else do i need to do?

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