Solved: Seagate Discwizard Does Not Detect Drive

The issue: Seagate DiscWizard does not detect drive

Seagate DiscWizard is a free backup and clone software developed by Acronis. You can use it to backup or clone your entire hard disk drive, including your operating system and applications. You can also use it as bootable rescue media creator, which is very helpful when the operating system fails to boot. All essential features and tools that you need to backup, restore, and recover your data can be found in Seagate DiscWizard.

However, some users complain about the problem they encounter when using Seagate DiscWizard: Seagate DiscWizard does not detect drive. Here is a real case:

“I have the latest version of Seagate DiscWizard, a mix of WD, Seagate and Samsung drives, including a new 840EVO SSD as my boot drive. I used DiscWizard to clone my C partition to the SSD and it worked perfectly.

Now, when attempting to image and back up that C partition from the SSD, DiscWizard doesn't offer the SSD as a source disk for any partition. I tried this using the Windows 7 interface and using the boot/rescue disk. All other drives appear in the list to choose from, but not the Samsung 840 EVO. Any guidance appreciated.”

Possible causes and solutions to Seagate DiscWizard not detecting drive

When you find Seagate DiscWizard does not recognize drive, you can follow the instructions below to get it fixed:

1. The hard drive is not a Seagate/Maxtor hard drive.

Remember that Seagate DiscWizard supports only Seagate and Maxtor hard drives. If you use a hard drive of other brands, such as Western Digital, Toshiba, or Samsung, please choose another compatible backup software.

2. The hard drive is a dynamic disk.

Seagate DiscWizard does not support dynamic disks. If your hard drive is set up as a dynamic disk, you can either turn to a more powerful backup utility or convert dynamic disk to basic disk with Disk Management. Please note disk conversion with Disk Management will cause data loss. Be sure to back up important data before proceeding.

3. The hard drive does not have a valid MBR.

If the MBR (Master Boot Record) is corrupted, you might see errors when trying to access or clone the drive. To resolve this, you can attempt to rebuild the MBR with professional tools like AOMEI Partition Assistant.

4. A third-party software or antivirus software is blocking the access.

Sometimes, security software or third-party utilities, including antivirus or disk management software, can interfere with access to your hard drive. In this situation, you can disable such software temporarily.

If you are tired of trying solutions one by one, get an all-in-one solution to Seagate DiscWizard not detecting drive from the next part.

Create disk backup with Seagate DiscWizard free alternative

To get rid of the problem that Seagate DiscWizard does not recognize drive, you may need an alternative to Seagate DiscWizard in Windows 11/10/8/7. The best backup software for free—AOMEI Backupper Standard can be the perfect choice.

Download this free backup tool and learn how to backup your current hard drive to an external drive via AOMEI Backupper as follows:

1. Connect the external drive to your computer and make sure it is detected.

2. Install and run AOMEI Backupper. Click Backup on the left pane and select Disk Backup.

3. Click Add Disk to select the current hard drive as the source disk to be backed up.

4. Click the destination box to select the external hard drive to save the image backup.

5. Set up more backup options as necessary. Then click Start Backup to run the backup.

>> Options: You can enable email notification, choose the compression level for the backup image file and select intelligent sector backup or sector-by-sector backup. >> Schedule Backup: You can set the backup task to run automatically at fixed intervals. >> Backup Scheme: It will delete old image files automatically to save disk space for you. This feature is supported by AOMEI Backupper Professional and higher editions.

6. Safely disconnect the external drive and keep it properly.

✍ Helpful tip:

If you want to copy all data from one hard drive to another without creating an image file, please try the Disk Clone feature in AOMEI Backupper.

Summary

The issue that Seagate DiscWizard does not detect drive can be caused by not supported disk brands, a dynamic disk, and corrupted MBR, etc. To fix it easily and quickly, you can turn to the best free alternative - AOMEI Backupper. Apart from backing up your current hard drive, it also enables you to clone Dell laptop hard drive and transfer files from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over network. Go for this tool right now!