Lost adobe CS2 discs. How upgrade?

I'm retired & on limited income, thus I'm far behind in Adobe upgrades. I currently use CS2 Suite mostly Indesign, Illustrator, & Photoshop, for a book I'm writing that is currently at about 3500 pages. CS2 meets my needs and don't need to upgrade. However, I also have a hobby of photography and use LR 3.6, but would like to upgrade to LR 4. But to take advantage of LR 4 I need to upgrade my OS. I hate Win 8, but Win 7 Pro I'm told will run my CS2 and LR 4. I've saved up and got LR 4 & Win 7, but need to wipe my hard drive and reinstall the 32 bit disc. Problem: I can't find my CS2 discs! Can I not take the ones in XP download to external HD, then reinstall on Win 7? How does one do this? Or does one just forget the LR4 & Win 7? I can't afford to get another computer or upgrade my CS.

If you upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7, then your applications may still be activated and working. But CS2 may only run under XP compatibility mode in W7.
I know that Microsoft says that you cannot upgrade Windows XP to 7, but here is an article that describes how to upgrade: http://www.pcworld.com/article/171432/windows_7_upgrade_guide.html
Note that you cannot upgrade a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS.

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