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, it can be caused by:

• The hard drive is not a Seagate/Maxtor hard drive. Remember that Seagate DiscWizard supports only Seagate and Maxtor hard drives.

• The hard drive is a dynamic disk. Seagate DiscWizard does not support dynamic disks.

• The hard drive does not have a valid MBR. In this case, you may try rebuilding MBR.

• A third-party software or antivirus software is blocking the access to hard disk drives. In this situation, you can disable such software temporarily.

What’s the all-in-one solution to Seagate DiscWizard not detecting drive?

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.

It owns the features that Seagate DiscWizard possesses—disk/partition backup & recovery, disk clone, creating bootable media. It also has the functions Seagate DiscWizard doesn’t have—incremental/differential backup, partition clone, file sync, etc.

What’s more, there’s no limitation for hard drive brands in AOMEI Backupper. If you want to enjoy dynamic disk backup & recovery feature, just upgrade to higher editions of AOMEI Backupper. 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. Download this free backup tool.

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 folder shaped button in the second column to select the external hard drive to save the image backup.

5. 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!