Sony Diagnostic Utilities
Optical Product Diagnostic Utility:
The Sony DriveCheck program is a utility for Sony optical products (i.e. CD-RW/DVD-RW). This utility will perform write and read tests on the CDRW/DVDRW drive. Please visit the homepage for your model drive for further instructions and to download the DriveCheck utility. DriveCheck is a Windows operating system based utility only; it will not work on Mac operating systems. You can also access DriveCheck with the following link:
DriveCheck for Windows
DDS and Tape Product Diagnostic Utility:
Sony Tape Tool is the diagnostic program for Sony AIT or DDS product. The Sony Tape Tool can be run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, HP-UX PA-RISC and AIX. Please visit the homepage for your model drive for further instructions and to download the Sony Tape Tool. You can also access the Sony Tape Tool with the following links:
Sony Tape Tool For Windows
Sony Tape Tool for Mac OS X
Sony Tape Tool for Linux
Sony Tape Tool for Solaris
Sony Tape Tool for FreeBSD x86
Sony Tape Tool for HP-UX PA-RISC