- A PC-PC migration function was found in a new Windows 10 overview
- It is not activated in the tests, however, and is hidden in the background
- However, Windows initiates operated the way, and we could see it arriving for a long time
Microsoft is preparing a PC-PC migration function for Windows 10 which was previously spotted in tests (with Windows 11, with which it should also make its debut), and it could be with us soon.
Of course, bringing such a capacity is fully logical, because Windows 10 reaches the end of the line for assistance in October 2025, so Microsoft wants to make as simple as possible for the elderly of the old operating system to switch to a new Windows 11 PC (assuming that they cannot upgrade their current computer to the latter).
This feature is part of the existing backup application in Windows 10, and it is called “Transfer information on a new PC” – although I note that it is not yet entirely in testing, and this may well be a reserved space name.
The phantomoforeth leak has discovered the functionality in the latest version of Windows 10 in the version of the version (version 19045.6029).
Unsurprisingly, Windows migration arrives at Windows 10 to facilitate the passage to 11 as we get closer to the EOL. The migration flow in the backup application is hidden in RP CU of today (19045.6029), can be activated with function ID 56242779.June 12, 2025
Windows has noticed the post above on X and allowed the migration functionality itself, observing that it does not yet work-which is hardly surprising, because it is not officially live even in tests at the moment.
However, Phantomofearth showed us some screenshots of the interface on X as you can see above, and Windows played with what is in place for this feature, determining how it works.
To move data (and settings) of your current Windows 10 PC to a new Windows 11 device, the two computers must be on the same network. This can mean that they are wirelessly connected, or perhaps also via a wired connection (the latter’s care is not yet certain, but it probably seems to me enough).
You then use a code to confirm the link between the two PCs (making sure you have the right target device), select the data you want to migrate (it is not yet clear what options will be available) and the transfer will take place.
Analysis: the potential scrappheap on the horizon
Normally, with a hidden feature in a test version like this – which must be activated using a Windows configuration utility – I expected that it is a good expectation so that it really arrives. Remember that it must, of course, be live in the tests before reaching the finished version of Windows 10.
However, in this case, it should be noted that the version preview chain is the last step in the preview builds before the output (as the name suggests). In addition, when activated, while PC-PC migration capacity warns that it is always “in user tests” (by which Microsoft means internal tests within the company) and does not work correctly, the text adds that the “full version [is] future.”
So, we should get it as soon as possible, which, as I have already touched, makes sense. Mainly because Microsoft will absolutely want this feature to be in place so that Windows 10 is reaching its end of life, which is only four months old, to help people migrate to a new Windows 11 PC (if they cannot go to the new operating system, due to their current device that does not meet material requirements).
Of course, as you may have noticed, Microsoft was engaged in a wider campaign to push sales of new Windows 11 PCs (in particular Copilot +devices), which turned out to be controversial. The accusations were leveled on the bone manufacturer to slide environmental concerns, and a potentially imposing mountain of abandoned PC heading towards the discharge, unless the Windows 10 PC owners can find an alternative to the purchase of a new computer in October 2025.
There is an official escape route: paying an additional year of security updates for Windows 10, although this does not kick the line. However, in recent times, the emphasis has been upgraded to Linux instead, and campaigns to fully distance the Windows ecosystem as a way to maintain older equipment alive and kicks.
In some respects, it will be interesting to see how it takes place, but the potential environmental impact is not a comforting perspective. I hope that Microsoft can judge appropriate to provide prolonged security updates beyond a year for consumers running Windows 10, without invoice in makeshift for privilege – although I am not entirely hoping that this becomes a reality.
