Could not deactivate before formatting hard drive

Hi, my hard drive failed and I couldn't uninstall and deactivate my Acrobat, so now I'm afraid I'll lose my license. Can anyone tell me what should I do?

Thank you so much!
2014/1/5 Bill@VT <[email protected]>
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