Cs3 will not install

Thanks to Ned Murphy's advice I have been able to download CS3 Design Standard from site. However I have been unable to install the software.
I'm installing on MAC and the original software is on the hard drive (transferred from my old and damaged MAC).
I have closed all applications but still no luck.
This message is generated about five seconds after a window appears indicating the installation is starting.
Setup Error
Setup has encountered an error and cannot continue. Contact Adobe Customer Support for assistance.
Any advice appreciated. Thanks

Hi Mylenium,
Your advice was crucial for the fix. I used the clean-up tool but did not work at first.
I could not find caps.db.
I restarted the system and ran clean-up again.
The CS3 installation was successful after this.
Thanks a lot for the advice. Its taken a whole day but I finally have CS3 back up and running.
Andrew

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