My Serial Won't be accepted after APPCARE swapped my hard drive

Hey,
A while back my hard drive started slowing down and having errors, and sometimes even spinning down while i was trying to access it. I got it warranty repaired at my local store. They swapped my hard drive or a new one, and reinstalled osx. They did not do backups of any kind, it was not necessary. But now that I try to reinstall my software that I purchased with the computer originally, the serials are not accepted and it won't let me install it on my computer.

They did not do backups of any kind, it was not necessary<<</div>
It wasn't? I think you've proved that theory wrong!
-DH

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