[SOLVED] Hard drive crashed - how to get back pre-installed software?

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Hi everyone.

I have a Macbook Pro and the hard drive crashed in it. I was barely able to recover personal documents but that's it. I installed a new hard drive and installed OS X. The original drive had iPhoto and Office 2008 pre-loaded from the factory on it, is there any way to get those applications back without paying for them?

Thanks for your help.
 
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I'd ask at an Apple store. Maybe someone there will sympathize and give you a copy of iPhoto for free.

As for Office, if you're fortunate and your workplace or school has a site license for Office, you can get a personal copy for $10 via their home use program.
http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/chooser.aspx?culture=en-US

On the plus side, welcome to the ranks of those of us who didn't have backups and lost important things in a hard drive crash. If you take the lesson to heart, it will never happen to you again because you will always have backups.
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If I have the original documentation/receipt/purchase information I could get those applications back?
 
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I'd ask at an Apple store. Maybe someone there will sympathize and give you a copy of iPhoto for free.

As for Office, if you're fortunate and your workplace or school has a site license for Office, you can get a personal copy for $10 via their home use program.
http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/chooser.aspx?culture=en-US

On the plus side, welcome to the ranks of those of us who didn't have backups and lost important things in a hard drive crash. If you take the lesson to heart, it will never happen to you again because you will always have backups.
 
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Hey Azguard4,

you can recover your lost data using data recovery tools but you can't recover pre loaded software from your Macbook.
 
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you should have the original KEY on your recite or on the DVD. If you still have the original documents, just re-install the software and enter the key you got after the purchase.
 
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