Hard drive on computer died -- install Office on new computer?

[kc977]

I have Office Professional installed on my existing work laptop, and my hard
drive suddenly died yesterday morning. I have a backup laptop, and all of my
files were backed up, so that's no problem, but this other laptop doesn't
have Microsoft Office -- which I need for my work. I have my disks, but I
can't go back into the old computer (due to it being dead) and uninstall
Office so that I can reinstall it on this computer. Is there any way around
this? Can I have my product key deactivated and a new one assigned, so that
Microsoft knows I'm not running more than one version? If anybody has any
ideas, that'd be great -- we're a small non-profit, and buying Office
Professional all over again would be a painful chunk out of our budget.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Did you get Office with that laptop or did you purchase it separately?