CS3, Forensic Disk Recovery - can someone advise this gal?

Okay this is a bit loaded but I will try and make it simple.
Ive had a hard drive and back up wipe me out… everything. The hard drive is being looked at by a forensic data recovery to see if they can retain anything. Anyways… I had CS3 the master suite collection installed on my iMac, now i'm just trying to get a "quick" set up going with a new hard drive till I see if any files are coming back. After the crash CS3 is all gone… what I want to know is:
A) Is it possible to have CS3 reinstalled (I don't have the disks / but I do have my serial number) Do I need the disks or can Adobe re-install from their end?
B) For the sake of speed if I download a 30 day trial of the Creative Cloud or even purchase a subscription and then locate the disks later can I go back to CS3?
If you can advise I would greatly appreciate it. BIG Thank You in advance!!!

What exactly does that error page say?
Here is a link to an alternative download page: http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html
Make sure you follow the Very Important Instructions on that page.
P.S. thanks for your PM!

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