2-allowing drive arms to move independently of each other. If we force to remove it, it may cost data lost. I am trying to copy a 5 mb file within the same Data Volume, and it is stuck on 'preparing' for like 30 minutes. DiscWizard can't do a Low Level Format, nor can it reinitialize a disk. 2, which allows drive arms to move all alone. Win7 Home prem+Seagate disc Wizard - posted in Windows 7: Hi there, Sorry if this is not the correct place to post this but it seemed the most. They fail more often than all the others combine practically, and Seagate does what ever they can to get out of the warranty. (this is on a Acer E1-510 running Windows10 vers1803). I gave it two days since it was a new copy and needed to gather all files but to no avail it is stuck again. Re: Y410P Stuck in 'Preparing Automatic Repair' boot loop, 3:48 AM yeah i think so, my Y410P also come with Pre-Installed WIndows 8, and also i had upgrade it to Windows 8. seagate discwizard stuck on preparing So if you want just one partition using the entire drive, you need to have UEFI enabled in the BIOS.