Reinstalling an Operating System
 
 
 

If you reinstall your operating system on the computer where your Autodesk license resides, the license might fail. You will not be able to use your product.

To resolve a license error in this case, you must reactivate your product. See Activate Your Product.

To prevent a license error when you reinstall an operating system

NoteIf using Norton Ghost or another image utility, do not include the Master Boot Record.
  1. Locate the following folder and make a backup copy:

    C:/Documents And Settings/All Users/Application Data/FLEXnet

  2. Reinstall the operating system and reinstall the Autodesk product.
  3. Paste the license folder to the same location from which you originally copied the folder in step 1.

    You can now run your Autodesk product.