Solved: Seagate DiscWizard Not Cloning [Causes and Fixes]

Seagate DiscWizard Software

Like Dell Alienware Respawn, Seagate also released a data protection software named Seagate DiscWizard to ensure the security of all the content on your PC. Seagate DiscWizard is capable of backing up operating system (OS), applications, configuration and all user data, as well as backup entire hard drive or partitions, etc.

Besides, it allows you to clone hard disk to another one. With this software, you can protect your data on your Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10/server 2011.

The Problem: Seagate DiscWizard Not Cloning

However, you probably stuck in Seagate DiscWizard not cloning problem when you trying to clone your hard drive to Seagate SSD/HDD like this:

Seagate DiscWizard failed to clone

I bought a new 1TB Seagate hard drive. I want to clone my old hard drive to the new Seagate hard drive. I started Seagate DiscWizard and follow the prompts to clone my old HDD, then it ask me to restart the computer. A message shows that Starting Seagate tools when restarting.
However, the loading bar didn’t move forward before the computer suddenly reboots. After it restarts, it’s going to desktop, no error messages. And I am pretty sure Seagate DiskWizard didn’t clone my hard drive. For now, we could not figure out why Seagate DiscWizard failed to clone.

How to Fix Seagate DiscWizard Not Cloning in Windows 7/8/10?

If you meet the Seagate DiscWizard clone failed or Seagate DiscWizard does not detect drive problem, don’t worry, here are the solutions.

• Check if your hard disk is dynamic disk or not. Because Seagate DiscWizard does not support to clone dynamic disk. If it’s a dynamic disk, please convert dynamic disk to basic disk without losing data.

• Verify the hard disk file system. Because Seagate DiscWizard cannot clone the hard drive with Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS, and Linux SWAP file system.

• The Seagate DiscWizard does not clone a partition, because it only supports to clone entire hard disk.

According to the above words, only the first one can be fixed if you still want to use Seagate DiscWizard. How to solve Seagate DiscWizard clone not working problem? Maybe you have to turn to another Seagate cloning software for help.

Best Seagate cloning software - AOMEI Backupper

It’s worth to mention that AOMEI Backupper Professional is regarded as the best Seagate cloning software for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP (all editions, 32-bit and 64-bit).

• It has the ability to clone entire hard drive, individual partition, or only Windows OS.

• Support all the file system, including FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ReFS, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ExFAT, for ReFS, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ExFAT and other known file system, AOMEI Backupper will use Sector by Sector clone mode to finish Seagate hard drive clone.

• Support Dynamic disk, RAID, Virtual Machine, etc.

Please download the Seagate migration software - AOMEI Backupper Professional 30-day free trial to have a try: (The Clone features in free trial can be demonstrated only, please upgrade to unlock.)

Safely clone hard disk with Seagate cloning software

To prevent Seagate DiscWizard not cloning problem, please try the following steps to clone hard disk to another one with Seagate SSD clone software - AOMEI Backupper Professional, take clone disk to Seagate hard drive for example.

1. Select Clone tab, and then choose Disk Clone option after launching AOMEI Backupper.

2. Choose the old hard drive as source disk to clone, and hit Next.

3. Select Seagate hard drive as destination to save everything from the old hard drive.

4. Press Start Clone to clone hard drive to Seagate hard drive to avoid Seagate DiscAWizard not cloning problem.

★ Tips:
✔ You can tick Sector by sector clone to clone all the sectors from source disk to the Seagate drive if your Seagate hard drive is larger than your old hard drive.
✔ Check the SSD Alignment option if your destination is a Seagate SSD drive.
✔ Edit Partitions is capable of editting the partition size automatically while cloning to fully use the storage space of the destination disk. Please upgrade to AOMEI Backupper Professional or other advanced editions to enjoy.

The time will depends on the data size on your old hard drive.

Summary

Seagate DiscWizard not cloning has been fixed in this article, just find the solutions to solve. To clone data from one hard drive to another more flexible, it’s highly recommended to use the Seagate cloning software - AOMEI Backupper, which allows you to clone larger SSD to smaller SSD with intelligent clone, migrate Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling, command line clone/backup/restore, sync files in real time, etc.