Upgrade to NIS 2011 from a NIS 2010 trial version?

Hi,

 

I am 20 days from the end of a Norton trial period (NIS 2010 was pre-installed on my HP laptop at purchase so I do not have a disk or a product key number).

 

Can I really upgrade to NIS 2011 FOR FREE?

 

Hope the answer is NO as I have just broken the seal on a newly purchased NIS 2010 upgrade disk which previous posters said I would need to install to continue with NIS protection at the end of the trial.

 

Inclined to think I will need to install my NIS upgrade first, then download NIS 2011?

 

Thanks for any help.