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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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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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CS2 is dead. It may not even run under Windows 11. Time for something new.
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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.
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Yes and my answer stands. Cloning will not work, CS2 is dead. I'm not sure how else to explain.
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