How to install CS3 without cd?

My photo editing computer is on the fritz (bad motherboard, unfortunately) so I am left to temporarily use a reformatted 10 year old Dell Dimension onto which I am attempting to install CS3. It appears that both the CD and DVD drives on the old computer do not work. I attempted to contact online chat help through Adobe but it was completely unhelpful. Does anyone know how i can install CS3 any other ways? I have my original cd and activation key, I just can't use the cd drive. I also was told by the adobe "customer service rep" that they could not help me because I am using a version of photoshop that is not current. I think that is a bit ridiculous. They should be able to help regardless of the version I have. At any rate, does anyone have any ideas? I can't afford to purchase a new version, so that isn't an option.

I've run the microsoft fixit program for both drives. It says that updates were made however in both instances the drives are still not functional. I've tried updating the drivers manually, but that hasn't helped either. The OS was just freshly reinstalled, so everything is starting from scratch. The interesting thing is that the OS cd worked, however nothing else will (I've tried a few different cds). I'll try to copy the installer to a jump drive.

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Hello,
A few years ago I purchased Adobe Design Premium CS3. Since then I purchased CS4 Design Standard and recently on my new iMac Pro i installed CS5 Desin Standard.
I want to reinstall Dreamweaver, from my old Design Premium CS3 bundle, on my new iMac. I have the CS3 serial but not the install disk. I don't seem to find a CS3 download on the Adobe.com website. And is it even possible to install a CS3 Dreamweaver next to my CS5 Design Standard bundle?
Sebastiaan

I have the CS3 serial but not the install disk. I don't seem to find a CS3 download on the Adobe.com website.
Old versions are not available for download, unless you purchased the download then you can re-download for up to 3 years. Something important to note is that the installer for upgrades does not require the older version of the software to be installed on your computer. As long as you have a valid serial number you should be able to install the program with the old serial number.
And is it even possible to install a CS3 Dreamweaver next to my CS5 Design Standard bundle?
Yes. The only thing that cannot be done is running multiple versions of the same program at the same time, for instance Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS5. They would be allowed to run separately but not at simultaneously.
One thing you should note is that DW CS5.5 is part of Design Premium Suite. The $399 upgrade from your CS5 Design Standard would give you InDesign CS5.5, Photoshop Extended, Flash (Pro & Catalyst), Dreamweaver and Fireworks.

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GoodmorningNightmare wrote:
There are some parts that I don't understand.
VMware Fusion uses only 512 RAM maximum, doesn't it? But you said it will use my entire 4GB RAM but only 2 cores. That's something different from what I've known.
If fusion really uses 4gm RAM of my mac pro, I don't really have to use Boot Camp. But most people who need to run heavy programs in Windows choose Boot Camp because it's the only way to use a Mac just like a PC, meaning that the XP uses the entire RAM memory.
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if you follow all 7 steps you can dl a trial here: http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html
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Thanks for the link. That's exactly what I was looking for.
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On the Help section, I use XP and IE8. I have a Help at the top of the browser but nothing about Windows Help or support. I'm not sure what you mean exactly. If Flash Player was not working, then any Flash Content would not have been able to be seen, or videos, etc. Any website with Flash generated pictures, etc would not be able to be seen without Flash Player.
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