# Product activation and hard drive failure

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/product-activation-and-hard-drive-failure/284178>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/product-activation-and-hard-drive-failure/284178 "2009-03-16T10:55:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrQuincy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DrQuincy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DrQuincy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/product-activation-and-hard-drive-failure/284178/1 "2009-03-16T10:55:16Z")

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Hi

Just got CS4 Design Premium which includes Flash. Is it true if you hard drive goes and you haven’t deactivated it you effectively lose the license like I think you did with older versions?