You don't deactivate a copy of office before reinstalling
and activating it on a new hard drive.
If you can start the new install of Office, start Word.
Once running click Help, Activate and follow the onscreen
prompts to enter the key for the software If you don't
have a hard copy of the license key (from the business) you
will need to get it from them. Now, if the old hard drive
is still the boot drive in the computer you can get the
license key by downloading key finder from
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml. Run it and
it will tell you the currently installed key for the Office
program (it will also show the key for Windows so make sure
you write down the proper one.) Write it down and save it
for when you install the new drive.
You may have to use the telephone activation method if the
software was activated on the old hard drive within a
certain period of time or if you don't have internet access
during activation.
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