Opening InDesign 2.0 files in CS2/CS3

Dear people who know,
I tried to research this a bit but did not readily find an answer or pointers that worked, so forgive me if I've overlooked something.
I used to have acess to InDesign 2.0 on which I created several layout. The media school where I teach has both CS2 and CS3 available. I would like to have access to my files to either update them or to resave them at ubiqutous PDF files. Problem is, I cannot open them. Does anyone have any experience migrating files upward using InDesign. I am vexed as to why Adobe would break the compatibilty path in any case, but that is a whole nother show...
Thanks for any insights!
Desperately seeking closure
PS: I can provide a file if necessary.

I haven't' seen a reference to this other thread here; perhaps Tommy would be interested in seeing your file. Drop him a note.
Apr 2, 2009 4:28 PM in response to: (caseyadobe)
Re: InDesign - need a "Fix my Corrupted File" Upload Service
Folks:
If you have sent me a document in the last few weeks, I apologize for my slow responses. I was out of the office in mid-March and have just recently gotten the chance to look at the ones I've received.
Over the last few week, a couple folks have posted messages, asking me to look at files. Just send them my way--there is no need to ask.
If your file is small enough for email, you can send them directly to me ([email protected]).
For larger files, you can post them somewhere for me to download, or you can upload them to our customer support FTP server. Here are instructions uploading to our FTP server:
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402038
When using the FTP site, please create a folder with distinguishing name, transfer your files to that folder, and then send me an email to let me know the files are there for me to take a look at.
Important note: The most common type of corruption that we now see is caused by hardware problems, indicated by the checksum failure that I described in my last post. Running disk utilities regularly is recommended to help avoid these errors.
Thanks,
Tommy Donovan
InDesign Development
Adobe Systems, Inc.
HTH
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

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