Recovering Logic Studio Serial After Reformat?

I just reformatted my macbook pro.  I did a clean wipe of the hard drive.  I went to reinstall logic studio and realized that I have lost the installing your software booklet that contains the serial number.  I have all the discs and other documentation, but not the one that I need.  I don't remember if I registered the software when I first installed it, but I have a feeling that I didn't.  I have looked at the information about getting a new serial number from apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1861), but I don't have the proof of purchase anymore either.  It seems like I might be out of luck.  Is there anyway to use some kind of software to recover the serial from before I reformatted the computer?  I know that you can see the serial in logic when you open it so maybe there is some way to recover the file that contains the serial?  I just reformatted yesterday and haven't installed much on the computer yet.  Any solutions that don't require expensive programs would be preferred because I don't have the money to spend on that right now (or on a new copy of logic if I can't recover the serial )

No, you can only recover it from a backup. Copy the file /Library/Application Support/ProApps/ProAppsSystemID back on the computer. This will only work, if the computer is the same. You can't use it to transfer a license to a new computer.

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