Deactivate dead computer

<p>Hi<br>

Is there a way, on a truly dead computer, to deactivate the copy of PS which was running on it?<br>

Thanks</p>

<p>Drive a nail thru the hard drive a couple of times, or drill a couple of holes.<br>

Or do you mean uninstalling the license before you toss it?</p>

<p>Call Adobe customer service.</p>

<p>It died with activated PS on it. Call,OK, thanks.</p>

<p>To almost quote a line from The Princess Bride, is it dead or just not quite alive?</p>

<p>Just install PS on a new computer that is connected to Internet.<br>

It will contact Adobe registration, and then if it fails to continue or on use, you will need to call Adobe.<br>

In similar case, Adobe helped over the phone, by releasing some personalized service number, and the installation became legal.</p>

<p>Your dead computer will never start PS, so it will not notify Adobe, or will not violate usage of your license.</p>

<p>However, to make sure that your dead copy of PS is never used by someone else, from your trashed computer hard disc removed, perhaps desintergation of your hard disc woould make sure that you are safe.</p>

<p>I suggest to remove and place your hard disc in and USB external enclosure that accepts the disc type that you have (ATA, SATA, eSATA, SCSI, etc), recover your files, and reformat the disc and use as a file backup.</p>

<p>Thanks, Frank. No, Dan, it has shuffled off its mortal coil.</p>

<p>I've gone through this twice in the last couple of years - two computers died sudden deaths within six months, and in both cases it was the power supplies that went belly up. You might want to check that out before you trash anything, if you haven't already. Unless, of course, you just needed an excuse to buy a new machine (which is what my wife accuses me of.)</p>

<p>In any case, the best thing to do is call Adobe and have them deactivate that copy of PS for you.</p>

<p>Thnx, William. I think my wife bought the story - still a bit nervous.</p>

<p>If you have data on there and the drive still works, you can easily get at it with a Ubuntu Live CD. You simply remove the drive and put it in a dock station or an external enclosure and then hook it up to a running computer. The Ubuntu Live CD is a small download, just burn the iso, make sure bios is set to boot from dvd, re-boot, the live cd will run. In a few minutes you'll get the Ubuntu desktop, Firefox browser, and few other minor functions but you'll be able to get at your old Windows OS, the user account, and your data. Just drag it over to the computer that your enclosure is attached to and all is good.</p>

<p>Thanks, Garrison</p>

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<p>Drive a nail thru the hard drive a couple of times, or drill a couple of holes</p>

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<p>I had a stack of old drives, finally dealt with them. If you got yourself a set of tiny diameter torx screw drivers (any electronics shop), you can open drives up, and take out the actual disk(s). They're disarmingly simple: each disk maybe 3" diameter by around 1/16" thick, very smooth and shiny. Well, until they're all covered in fingerprints. In our area (greater Vancouver, BC, Canada) Return-It will take old drives. Just taking the disks out and rebuttoning it up is pretty easy, and interesting. The disks are pretty cool, and I assume pretty dead once you handle them and pass a magnet over them. Put two together and they sort of cling, just due to the extreme smoothness..</p>

<p>Where are my screwdrivers?</p>