Nero "upgrade downloadable serial number"

Life Technology
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Does anyone know how Nero’s serial number “upgrade” works?

I have a legitimate copy of Nero 5, and a legitimate copy of Nero Express (I think it’s either 5.5 or 6, not sure). I don’t have the original Nero 5 CD, and I don’t have the serial number any longer (it is probably stored in the registry somewhere), and it’s locked to the TDK CDRW drive I already own anyway.

I just got a new DVD+RW drive (thanks man!) and need to upgrade to Nero 6 to use it.

Nero sells an upgrade SN for US$40 (or I can buy a whole new copy for $80). If I use the SN upgrade method, do I need the old CDs in hand, or does it just need to scan the drive/registry for the information? Also, will it allow me to use the new drive or will it be locked to my old TDK drive?

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When you buy the upgrade, it will ask you for the old serial as part of the order process.

In the registry the serial is in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ahead\Nero - Burning ROM\Info

Annoyingly they don’t make it easy by putting it on the Help/About… screen like most programs.

By the way, if you order with a Taiwan mailing address you save about $10.