FINAL CUT STUDIO WANTS TO PERFORM AN UPGRADE?

Due to an array of problems with OSX (10.4.11), and syndication errors (306) - I've purchased a new hard drive and performed a fresh install using my Install Disk. I then proceeded to download and install all software updates. So far so good... No crashdump errors in the console log. Then... When I went to install Final Cut Studio 2 (the suspected culprit) - the Installer Menu wants to perform an Upgrade... The only problem... There isn't any software to Upgrade... This is a brand new hard drive with a totally clean OS. However... FCS2 is, in fact, installed and malfunctioning (Qmaster) on my other hard drive - leaving crashdump errors in the console log. Can anyone please explain why/how FCS2 would perform an upgrade, and not an Install?
This has been driving me crazy since I bought this computer in October 07
Please Help!

Apple's Installer looks in the /Library/Receipts folder to see if you have previous versions of an application installed. Normally, you would only see the "Upgrade" option if this were the case.
You might try temporarily disconnecting the other drive to see if Installer offers to do the job properly.
It is probably seeing the receipt for FCP there.

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