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From: "Dale" <dale_n_ks@yahoo.com>

> And unfortunatly the key won't work on the backup
> since the ID is different

If you buy proprietary software, that's a risk you run.  That's what I
really HATE about commercial software.

It may be keying of the MAC or something other than the HD anyway - have you
tried swapping drives in the same system?