CS4 activation code with new hard drive

Has anyone installed a new hard drive on a mac and then had to re-enter the activation code?  I can open any of the apps, but it gives me an error message that I need to enter the activation code or open another app since it was installed as a suite, but none of the apps give me the boxes to enter the code, and the error message comes up too quickly to enter help or preferences.  Adobe online no longer supports CS4 via chat.

Meridianmatt it sounds like you are facing additional difficulties in addition to a possible activation error.  Did you copy/migrate/transfer the Adobe Creative Suite 4 applications to the new hard drive or did you install the software directly?

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