- A new “migration” feature was found by digging in the internal operation of Windows 11
- It is part of the backup application and allows a wireless transfer of all your files and settings of an old PC to a new
- The idea is to use the sharing nearby, with the two PCs nearby and on the same Wi-Fi network
Microsoft apparently works on a way to facilitate Windows 11 users to go from an old PC to a new computer that has just been purchased (or built).
It is a “migration” application which is allegedly part of the existing backup application of Windows 11, and will transfer all your files and parameters through the wireless wire of the old PC to the new, provided that the devices are nearby.
There are a few people on credit for having spotted this via a recent Windows 11 overview version, as reported by Windows last, which noticed that Dongle, an X user, reported the functionality in the post below .
Migration application, BUILD 22635.4945 (Reconstruction of the user interface) with the kind authorization of @phantomofearth for having discovered the functionality and @ ahmedwalid605 to provide the decomplulator.1 / 4 pic.twitter.com/xdgrvpdjgdFebruary 17, 2025
The Dongle also attributes the regular leakage of the head of leakage to X to dig and discover this functionality, as well as Ahmedwalid605 to provide the decomputer used to rebuild what this new feature could look like (on the basis of the interface indices found by Phantomoforest in the construction of preview).
The screenshots of the migration application in the post X are mocked by the dongle (a better supposition of what it would look like), but the functionality is correct by the digested indices of the internal functioning of Windows 11.
As indicated, the transfer of files occurs wireless, and Dongle becomes that the functionality could use the sharing nearby, which is essentially the taking of Microsoft on Airdrop, requiring the two machines on the same Wi-Fi network and near some others.
Analysis: a sound and practical alternative to a cloudy path
Remember that what is presented in this post X is just a model and therefore the final version of the migration could look (or operate) very differently. Indeed, because it is only the code buried in Windows 11 and not even activated in the tests, it is possible that it is an ability with which Microsoft plays, but can still abandon. In short, don’t be too hopeful.
In theory, however, the migration function is a solid idea and ensures a difference in the existing functionality that the backup application offer. The backup already provides a way to transfer your old PC data to a new system, but this is facilitated via the Cloud (the files are downloaded on OneDrive to make the backup, which is then extracted from the cloud and on the new PC in configuration ).
The problem is that if you are looking at a large installation of Windows 11 and a ton of files, this could be slow to download from the Cloud – especially if you do not have a decent internet connection. Or indeed, you may not have enough cloud storage space on OneDrive first.
Obviously, there are scenarios where the cloud is a less than ideal solution, so the idea with migration is to facilitate a local transfer which has nothing apart from the two PJs the same Wi-Fi network local). It will be a practical and useful option to have for a few good people, I imagine.
As the last window observes, hope is that migration could also contact third -party applications (and not just Microsoft Store applications, as for backup), which would be a really clever addition. The fingers crossed on this forehead, although I would not place any Paris.
There are, of course, other options to migrate your belongings from one PC to another outside the official Microsoft methods included in Windows 11.
