Help!!! LOST MY SERIALS when I bought new computer!!!

I have been using Final Cut Suite for about six months. They were used DVD's I bought off eBay. The serials worked fine when it was installed. I rescently bought a slightly better G4 and switched over my hard drives. Now most of my programs are asking me to re-serialize them in order to use them!!! I have found all my serials except for Final Cut Studio (with FCP5) which is a dang expensive program to lose the serials for!!!
Since I wasn't the original purchaser it won't do me any good to ask Apple for them.
What can I do???
PS- At the same time I switched the HD's I also did a software upgrade from OS 10.4.2 to 10.4.3-- maybe this caused a problem???

My only suggestion for the serial number problem would be to contact the seller to see if they can help. You could always call Apple and see what they require as proof of purchase, but the seller should have included all of the documentation for FCP otherwise the license transfer wasn't legal according to FCP's licensing agreement, in which case you may be SOL.
In the future, you may find it helpful to keep a database, spreadsheet or text document with all software registration and activation numbers listed for each version of software you own.
Best of luck,
-DH

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