“Device was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match” error usually means that when upgrading Windows, a specific driver has some issues while migrating device settings to a newer version. This error stops the user from using the corresponding device.
In this article, we have listed a few common reasons and some solutions that you may attempt to fix said issue.
How to Check if Drivers Settings Migrate?
We utilize the Device Manager to keep tabs on all our drivers. You could detect this error message on your Device Manager properties. you may follow these steps to verify if your computer drivers migrate.
If all your driver settings successfully migrate, you will not find the error message that says Device not migrated.
What Causes “Device was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match” Error Message?
Troubleshooting “Device was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match” Error
If you’ve ruled that out of the box, you may move on to the following fixes to solve the issue.
As the issue is related to a driver, we can re-install the driver to see if it fixes.Re-installing the driverwill set all their settings to default and can solve the issue with the driver.
you may follow these steps to uninstall a driver.
If you want to install drivers manually, you may always download and update the driver file. However, when downloading these files, we need to be careful as somemalicious files may disguisethemselves as driver installation files. If Windows defender or antivirus gives you a warning about the files, it is best to delete them right away.
Alternately, you may directly double-select the installation file to install the latest driver.
To download Intel drivers manually,Intel’s official Download Centerhas all the latest drivers you may download. However, you may need to Sign-in or register to download.
If your computer uses an NVIDIA graphics card,NVIDIA’s official sitecontains all the latest drivers. Here, select your product type, series, and OS. The website will provide you with the latest driver for your graphics card.
It is not always updating/re-installing a driver that fixes a driver issue. Sometimes, although it is rare, a driver update might sometimes create the problem rather than solve it. If you get the error that says the Device was not migrated after a driver update, then an issue with the update may be causing it in the first place.
