Can't Reinstall Final Cut

Backstory: Details leading to the issue
I have the FCS 3 disks. Like an idiot, I somehow overwrote my copy of FCP 7 when installing FCP X. Like a greater idiot, I then panicked and before doing research to see if it simply moved to that folder with all FCS 3 apps, I quickly used a utility to uninstall Final Cut.
Now here's the fun part. I thought I could simply re-install with my disks, but my Mac Pro rejected the FCS installer disk, literally spitting it back out. This disk works fine on my MBP (which has FC, no X). So I made .dmg files from the disks. Still, it gets to Motion 2 and I get "Installation Failed!"
Bottom Line: Help!
All I want is Final Cut 7 re-installed. But that is not even an option as it's greyed out with "Skip" next to it. So then how in the world do I re-install it?

Problem Solved:
I had to delete FC X first, THEN re-install FCP 7. That worked.

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