Can't uninstall cs3 because my drive crashed

Hi
I installed cs3 to my second drive D:/ and now that drive crashed so I can't uninstall it. I can't install it on C:/ either. I get an error message when i try. I have tried CS3cleanscript but it didn't work. Please help

Vista 64, error msg:
Scripterror in Internet Explorer
An error has occured on this page
Line: 532
Error: Thrown and not caught
Code: 0
URL: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\4dcfd9b7e901b57f81f667144603236\resources\main.html
Do you want to continue run script on this page?
[ Yes ] [ No ]
Then nothing happens when i press yer or no.
I tried level 1 on CS3script.

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