PC3K is the most expensive and gives you the best professional support for the money BUT you have to know what you are doing and you have to know FIRST how Toshiba / Hitachi do work. And they are "peculiar".

If you face simple problems OR you can work it out easily, you can do what you want even without any tool, especially on Toshiba.

About imaging, each tool / software tool has pros and cons, sometimes simple SW tools (it doesn't mean they are simple, I mean it was a SW-only based dedicated tool) worked better than DDI ( !! ) to me , with only some added FW modification to the drive. Each case is unique.

Finally, for FULL REPAIR / REFURB on Toshiba and NEWER Hitachi since let's say 2004 on, even PC3K can't help much. You have to do it on your own

I would suggest dolphin DFL-FRP.
DFL-WDII costs 650€ dont know about DFL-FRP
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product ... 83392.html

http://us.mrtlab.com/mrtbook/mrtwhten.htm#_Toc258615069
MRT-WH English version unified price:$1200.00(Does not include express costs).
MRT-WD English version unified price:$600.00(Does not include express costs).

Out of curiosity what is the average CUSTOM TAX RATE to add ? In Italy you have to add 22% VAT to pay no matter who you are when you get it shipped. I think ordinary VAT applicable for such goods in each country is to be added too.

as far as i know (Maybe) UK +35% (17.5% In 17.5 Out)
same as Germany

correct me if am wrong guys

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UK VAT is now 20%, it used to be 17.5% a while ago

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I don't think so about DFL, they are new.
Maybe good, or not. But I want to use stable solution. Price of tools not important.

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I've never paid any added tax for every product i've bought from china to france.

If the declared value is low no taxes are added. Since the bad habit of declaring a value of goods always too low was the norm, packages are almost all inspected , the shipping vector is in charge to collect the added value tax when delivering, otherwise you don't get your package. Usually if 1 delivery "passes through" , the next doesn't. I don't think equipment, which is supposed to come with regular invoice and connotes when shipped, will arrive "tax free". Not my problem anyway. It was just to understand what the price all included could be.

Humm, sounds good really
10y back (if am not mistaking with my memory) i bought a house in Newcastle
and the mortgage rate was like 4%, and after 2y they increased it to 12.5% along with some other VAT
i was lucky that time..

now no more... life is going crazy n expensive there

thnx Sean for the info.

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