Help with damaged Photoshop Install CD

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me_emused
Nov 7, 2006
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I reformatted my PC. Started the process of loading my software. I’ve had Photoshop forever, purchased. So I loaded my Photoshop 4.0, went to load my 5.5 version which I like the best as I’ve used it for so long, never upgraded forward from that version, and the CD drive made a weird sound, I took the Install CD out, and it is cracked from the inside out about 1 inch. After researching the net about DON’T PUT A DAMAGED CD INTO YOUR CDROM!!! I was stuck, couldn’t load 5.5 so I emailed Adobe with my problem and my serial number. They told me they don’t support older versions and I could visit their store to purchase the new version CS upgrade. Well, that isn’t an option (pricing). I’ve searched Ebay for 5.5 but worry about buying 5.5 from there. Does anyone know a legal way I could get Photoshop 5.5 ugrade CD? Or do I need to join the 21st century and empty my bank account to purchase CS version. Thanks, Susie
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Andrew Morton
Nov 8, 2006
me_emused wrote:
I reformatted my PC. Started the process of loading my software. I’ve had Photoshop forever, purchased. So I loaded my Photoshop 4.0, went to load my 5.5 version which I like the best as I’ve used it for so long, never upgraded forward from that version, and the CD drive made a weird sound, I took the Install CD out, and it is cracked from the inside out about 1 inch. After researching the net about DON’T PUT A DAMAGED CD INTO YOUR CDROM!!! I was stuck, couldn’t load 5.5 so I emailed Adobe with my problem and my serial number. They told me they don’t support older versions and I could visit their store to purchase the new version CS upgrade. Well, that isn’t an option (pricing). I’ve searched Ebay for 5.5 but worry about buying 5.5 from there. Does anyone know a legal way I could get Photoshop 5.5 ugrade CD? Or do I need to join the 21st century and empty my bank account to purchase CS version. Thanks, Susie

Although perhaps many of the ebay offerings are illegal copies, because you have a legitimate license you only need the CD for the actual software. If there’s a Photoshop Users Group in your area, perhaps you could contact them and get a copy of the CD – at least that way you can be fairly sure it isn’t a copy with some sort of malware on it.

Andrew
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Rowley
Nov 12, 2006
me_emused wrote:
I reformatted my PC. Started the process of loading my software. I’ve had Photoshop forever, purchased. So I loaded my Photoshop 4.0, went to load my 5.5 version which I like the best as I’ve used it for so long, never upgraded forward from that version, and the CD drive made a weird sound, I took the Install CD out, and it is cracked from the inside out about 1 inch. After researching the net about DON’T PUT A DAMAGED CD INTO YOUR CDROM!!! I was stuck, couldn’t load 5.5 so I emailed Adobe with my problem and my serial number. They told me they don’t support older versions and I could visit their store to purchase the new version CS upgrade. Well, that isn’t an option (pricing). I’ve searched Ebay for 5.5 but worry about buying 5.5 from there. Does anyone know a legal way I could get Photoshop 5.5 ugrade CD? Or do I need to join the 21st century and empty my bank account to purchase CS version. Thanks, Susie

I had a problem like that once – a cracked CD for an older version of a software package. I contacted some of the
firms/people that I had done some freelance work for in the past and found one that still had the old version box sitting in a closet somewhere – and they let me swap out the crack CD for their good one (they where never going to use it again, since they had already upgrade the license for that release years ago).

Other than that – you might get lucky and find one on eBay. I was able to find a CD for the version of Premiere that I have – I had thought that I lost my original CD – then I found it about a month later. Nice thing about that I got the CIB for it too.

Martin

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