A:Answer Unfortunately, this is a Microsoft Windows aggravation that Dell can do little to alleviate. Migrating DATA is not hard, but migrating PROGRAMS almost always requires re-installation from scratch. You will likely need new Windows 11 drivers anyway for your existing hardware - printers, cameras, scanners, etc. - and you should take time to review what programs you really want and will use on the new computer.
There are programs "out there" on the internet that advertise easy migration, but I have no indication that they work well.
My suggestion: install your "keeper" programs fresh on the new computer, and copy over your data on flash drives, a network connection, or temporarily using your old hard drive as a secondary USB or SATA drive. Keep your old machine intact and mothball it as a working backup in case things go wrong.
