Moving from a damaged Macbook

Mark, in case you’re still having problems here, you should find that provided you know what your original activation code was (e.g. from the label in the box, if you bought the boxed version, or the email you received from the Steinberg Online Shop if you bought the download version), you can still go through the ‘Reactivate’ workflow, because it will give you a new activation code if you enter your original activation code.