Copy CS3 Master Collection folder to another Windows System (licensing issue)

Hello,
In my laptop I have two hard drives with two distinct Windows operating systems. CS3 Master Collection is installed on the first drive and works. But I want to use it on the other system as well. So I just copied the CS3 folder to the second hard drive and booted from it. Unfortunately, I can't start any of the CS3 applications from there because it complains about a missing / broken license. I can't do a proper CS3 install on the other system because I have no install media (it came pre-installed with my school laptop). How can I use CS3 on both systems?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

If it came pre-installed on your school laptop it most likely is a volume license. Since we don't know the terms of that license we can't really say much with any certainty, but my guess would be that legally YOU can't install it on more than one "computer" which in this case would be one or the other of your hard drives. If that's the case, since it's already on one, it would have to be uninstalled to install on the other.
If your school tells you that you are allowed to have it on both operating systems at the same time you'll need the installation media. As you've seen, you can't just copy the program folders. The installer needs to do a lot of other stuff, including writing a lot of registry information, that is required for things to run. Perhaps the IT department will install it for you.
Peter

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