Transferred activation, before replacing Failing Disk,

we had to use a tombstone backup to prevent corruption from propogating to new Disk
the problem is the only good backup image available had an activated install of both AA2 and AA3
the last time I had to do that was on another system
and I was presented with a "repair activation" window
now on this system I get a full activation window for both AA2 and AA3 which doesn't function on either
normally when I change a disk
I transfer the activations first
then take the image and restore to the new disk the unactivated product
this normally works
but we had no choice in this matter as the disk was just about fried
would uninstalling and reinstalling allow the activations to proceed?

"the activation process doesn't just look at the disk but the motherboard too... and it's sneaky"
in most instances this would be considered a ROOTKIT
Un-install - Re-install doesn't work
I didn't change the MB
I didn't change the processors
I didn't change the video card
I didn't change the NIC
I didn't change the sound card
I didn't change the OS
only the FRIED HDD
at my home Office I use Symantec Backup Exec
at the company Office Acronis is used
a full restore at my house to another disk gives a "repair activation" window
a full restore to the same disk gives no change in activation status
a full restore to the same disk at the company office gives no change in activation status
a full restore to a replacement disk doesn't give the repair activation window
rather gives the following
"activation information is invalid"
(which occurs when launching previously installed product recovered from backup image)
then after uninstall re-install sequence
"yer 30 days is up"
and the following dialog is presented when attempting activation in either case of new HDD
here's the dialog I get when trying to activate after restore to new disk
before uninstall and after uninstall - reinstall procedure:
internet connection not detected is a lie because I just posted this from the system in question

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