rejonzin:
Good luck. Cyberlink is very good at helping their customers if they can prove that they did purchase the software.
A good, recent system image (backup) is an important computer security consideration. I create full system images my computers weekly, and copy those images to an external drive as well, from my internal dedicated backup drive. Nothing "forgets" faster than a computer, so having multiple system image backups is a good habit to get into, and it will save you grief down the road, as you have found out, unfortunately, the hard way.
Have a great day.
Regards,
-Phil
Windows 10 Pro x64
Dell XPS 8930
Intel CoreT i7 (4.6 GHz)
32 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
1 TB PCIe -x4 SSD
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PD14 Ultimate x64, 4207
CD4 Ultra and AD6 Ultra
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