How to unauthorize dead computer

my computer hdd died. i have restored my computer and using a new install of itunes. how do i deauthorize the old setup on the same but new computer?

Take a look at this Apple support article; it may help:
One computer using multiple iTunes Store authorizations
If not, you can authorize a total of up to five systems, so unless you've hit that limit it's probably not really important that you reclaim that extra authorization at this time. If you really want to deauthorize, you can go into your iTunes Store account and there will be a "deauthorize all" button. You can then re-authorize the computers you're using now.
Note that you can only use the "deauthorize all" option once per year, unless something's changed very recently, so do this only if you really do need to recover that authorization.
Regards

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