https://www.renderosity.com/users/RedPhantom
I see, thanks.  But the periodic activation idea bugs me, because I've always kept the old computer offline. 
So I either accept, or don't use Poser any more.
Maybe I'll go over to Daz instead, but then, just recalled, they're no different.  I think their lighting/renderer
is superior (Unless Poser has finally gotten there).  But I think their figures aren't as adjustable, morph wise,
with small adjustments to prevent the usual completely symmetrical "doll face" one often see in images
made with it, like Poser can.  I've never liked Poser's figures, and had been using Victoria, mainly.
Oh well, there may be a solution yet...

Or just spring for Poser 13; which, probably would need a more up to date computer.

HartyBart what you describe sounds like an "under the table" sort of thing, which I don't think I'd trust, even if it is just a serial number.
Thanks anyway. 

Thanks, Poser - 3D Rendering & Animation Software (posersoftware.com);
So, you're saying, I can download P11 at your link.  Hopefully, it's just a download and not an immediate download/install.
That's because I'm still keeping the old computer free of internet access.  I mean, I can download (only) to the machine
I'm using here, and then transfer the download to the old computer.  I wouldn't want it installed on this machine here.

Do I need to uninstall the version I've already installed, and then download the files from the Bondware site?  (To uninstall the likely older version from my DVD).
The instructions say, then, to "Run the program from the Downloads folder".  (As well as the PoserSupport.exe file).
Once this is installed, can the .exe files be moved to the Documents folder?  I usually install from the Documents folder.

M

Thanks, RedPhantom, I'll give it a go.  I only had time to look at the page HartyBart linked in, just last night.
So I see that you can input your license key there...I'll have some time tomorrow, so , thanks again.

M

Thanx HartyBart, yeah, it's the old Smith Micro version.  I didn't have a problem inputting the serial, I think, but if I read your second para right,
Bondware?  Is that the company that the current Poser is made by (P12, if I recall).  It's just that there's no Smith Micro website to activate it now.
Can't recall if the new company started with P11...it's been awhile.

As to the HD, I think I did try TestDisk; didn't work either.  see, I was fooling around trying to create a 'double boot' system, and not knowing one jot about partitioning, It all went downhill from there.  I have the old drive in a USB outboard enclosure by Sabrent.  When you turn that on, it does make that usual spinning up sound, and no other unusual noise.  I put in on the computer it came out of.  Many months earlier, I attached it to a laptop, and the laptop 'saw' folders, but when I opened
them in Windows Explorer, they turned up empty.  At some point, the laptop, running Win 10, offered to format it, but at that point I wasn't ready to give up on 9 or so years of accumulation of programs, etc..

M