Where on the box is the serial number?

Question

Several years ago, I had bought Final Cut Pro 5 studio bundle (Livetype, Motion, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro 4)
Final Cut Pro works fine on the old computer. It has worked from day one.
Recently, I've transferred (via firewire) all the files from the old G4 to a new Mac Pro that I've bought.
Now it wants a serial number. The issue is, I can't find any information about where you can find the serial number. I still have the black case with the handles (it has the bar code, a series of numbers and letters above the bar code, some small numbers) but it doesn't have anything that says "Serial number" on it. I've looked at my installation disks, and tried the numbers written on the CD, I've looked in the "getting started" guide and all of the final Cut Pro user guides, but can't find anything that says "Serial number" on it.
As an option, would the serial number be the number that shows up during the final cut pro "welcome" window (the one with the credits?)
Where (and which number) can I find that info in the available packaging?
Is there a way to find the serial number in the working version on my old computer, so that I might transfer the number over to the new computer? Obviously, I can't start up the program on the new computer until I find the serial number.
Come to think of it, I believe I remember that the serial number was hard to find when I first installed the program on the old computer as well.

Answer 1

You're absolutely right John, until it stops working. I never did a clean install until about a year ago. And I had done migrations and upgrades since my first 450mhz G4 and FCP1 (thru a dualgigG4 and my current sual2.5gigG5) . But things did finally get really weird and I bit the bullet and did the full clean install of OS and apps.
It's sometimes really hard to troubleshoot problems, and a clean wipe and install (and then cloning your stable OS/application combo) sometimes limits the areas you have to explore.
That said, Create a file with all your serial numbers (and do screen grabs of all your splash screens). Suddenly you're looking for the one serial number you can't find. NOT FUN. When I did my complete clean install, I couldn't find my fcp4.5 serial number which I needed to install an upgrade. Luckily I still had it installed on one partition and was able to grab it off the splash screen).
Oh, to give credit where credit is due. Jerry Hoffman's been singing this song for years. Do a clean install. I fought it for years, but I finally bought into the program.
Message was edited by: Michael Grenadier