Adobe Indesign CS4

I am a member of academic staff and purchased (the university purchased it for me - London Metropolitan University, London, England) Adobe Indesign CS4.  The serial number is: [deleted by moderator].  I uploaded this software from a disc onto my laptop.  I have used it successfully.  I now need to transfer this software from my laptop to my main PC (this is NOT any kind of ownership transfer).  Can I just copy it via a portable hard-drive?  Should I upload the disc software again onto the main PC?  Can I do this?
I have transfered the software onto the hard-drive but it will only open if it is pluggged into the original laptop.
I look forward to answers please

NEVER post a serial number.
If you're going to use it on both machines then just install it from the disk. If you're done with laptop, open InDesign and choose help>deactivate.

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