Seagate has evaluated current product lines to determine which ones will be supported in Windows 7. Older drives that are not listed here may work, but have not been tested. Note: Software not listed below is not supported on Windows 7. Using the drive as a drag and drop destination or with backup software built into Windows 7 can be an alternative. NAS devices require Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise version of Windows 7 when doing a network backup.
Hardware:
Product | Hardware | Additional Information |
Backup Plus Family | Yes | |
BarraCuda Fast SSD | Yes | |
FireCuda Gaming SSD | Yes | |
One Touch SSD | Yes | |
Ultra Touch SSD | Yes | |
Fast SSD | Yes | |
Seagate Duet | Yes | |
Seagate Wireless Seagate Wireless Plus |
Yes | |
Seagate Expansion | Yes |
No Seagate software included. |
Seagate Expansion SSD | Yes |
No Seagate software included. |
Seagate Desktop Drive | Yes |
No Seagate software included. |
Seagate Portable Drive | Yes | No Seagate software included. Use Windows 7 backup and restore |
GoFlex Family | Yes | |
FreeAgent Family | Yes |
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Maxtor Family | Yes | Use the BlackArmor manager (launcher.exe on the drive) to unlock the drive. |
Seagate Personal Cloud | Yes | |
Seagate Central | Yes | |
GoFlex Home | Yes | |
Seagate Internal Laptop and Desktop SATA hard drives |
Yes |
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Software:
Product | Updated | Software |
Toolkit | Yes* |
*Toolkit support for Windows 7 has been discontinued as of August 2022. |
Seagate Dashboard | Yes | Dashboard 4.2.x or higher |
Paragon Driver for Windows | Yes | HFS driver 9.1 or higher |
Seagate Duet software | Yes | 1.x or higher |
DiscWizard | Yes | DiscWizard: v18 or higher |
SeaTools for Windows | Yes | |
Seagate Dashboard Powered by Memo | Yes |
Version 1554 or higher |
Seagate Manager | Yes | Version 2.1.500 or higher |
Replica | Yes | Version 3.0.769.6555 or higher |
Maxtor Manager | No | Software was not updated for Windows 7 |