Need to uninstall but... Windows won't boot.....

I have Acrobat Pro 8.0 and Windows Vista will not boot so it looks like a reformat is inevitable.
What procedure do I use to uninstall so I can reinstall after Vista is reloaded? I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to take out the existing drive and copy some files off of it if needed.
Thanks!

I wasn't sure if there was a key file or something that I could copy off of the existing drive to the new drive and reinstall Acrobat Pro 8.0 from the disk and have the program stay unlocked. OR I was wondering if there was a separate app that I could run on the folder after copying it to a good drive,that would uninstall the key.
If all I have to do is call Customer Service then that's fine but before I completely destroy the existing drive I don't want to be out of the exorbent amount of money that this program costs.

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