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May 23, 2024
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Clone Hard Drive CS2 ACTIVATE Win10

  • May 23, 2024
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Adobe hasn't supported CS2 for many years. Re-activation isn't possible. If you need a new hard drive as I, it seems you are out of luck.

 

BUT...  if I cloned from original Western Digital 1 TB to another Western Digital 1TB hard drive with same model number would clone work? What about the year and month of hard drive, would that have to match as well? (2009). I'm asking if anyone has actually done this or have a good source of someone who has. All my programs after clone, Microsoft etc. work except Adobe.

 

Adobe for awhile provided a replacement program that didn't need internet activation but that is long gone as well. I'm happy with the entire collection of CS2. A subscription is nearly $1000 per year. Help if you can.

thank, jerry

 

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Legend
May 23, 2024

CS2 is dead. It may not even run under Windows 11. Time for something new.

jerrybenAuthor
Participant
May 24, 2024
Did you even read my question?
D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 24, 2024

Even if activation data can be cloned, which it supposedly can't:

 

Since the purpose of activation is to detect changed hardware, I think it's safe to assume it looks at the drive serial number or other unique identification.

 

In any case, if you've done it and it doesn't work, there's your answer.

AxelMatt
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2024

I think you're out of luck. The activation infos are written into a sector of the hard drive that no clone program can read.

 

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