Installed a new hard drive and now the activation code on my copy of windows 7 is not valid

The hard drive on my husbands computer fried, got a new and now it says that the activation code for our windows 7 is not valid. How can we get around that we cannot help but another copy of windows. It is a copy 3 PCs and it's on mine my mobile son and my husbands pc.

Thanks for your reply, but have been in touch with microsoft and they brought me a new product code. It was the family upgrade pack that we purchased. They were really helpful and quick with their help.

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