SuperDuper Save Me -- What Now?

[Pujoe1]

SuperDuper saved me this week. My MacBook Pro got so screwed up that it wouldn't boot. My nightly smart update on my connected firewire drive saved me. I was able to copy back to my MBP and got up and running again. Wonderful!

Ahh. Not so fast. I got back up, but there's something in my system that's not quite right. I can't get Parallels Desktop to update. Every attempt to open a parallels desktop image file crashes the Finder. Not good. I do the usual disk repair and permissions repair and all is well. So is the report from TechTools Pro 4. Still, something is not right. I figure I need to reinstall OS X.

My thought is a completely clean install on my MBP and use my clone drive to copy my old files and reinstalling everything. What is keeping me from starting is the looming hassle of reinstalling all my old software. I've done a fair job of keeping all the serial numbers and images, etc., but far from perfect.

What I'd like to know are any lessons learned from similar experiences you may have had. Am I taking the right path? Are there other diagnostic tools that would tell me why I can't open a Parallels Image without crashing Finder?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

[dnanian]

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Parallels?

[Pujoe1]

Yes. I completely uninstalled Parallels and then tried to reinstall. That's where the problem comes in. Every attempt to open a Paralells Desktop ver 3 image file (I have several starting with the initial build up to and including the latest) results in a Finder crash. Thus, I can't reinstall.

Bob

[dnanian]

Ah, you mean the disk image file, not a Parallels image (meaning its disk storage).

OK. Let's try using Cocktail or Onyx to rebuild your prebindings...

[Pujoe1]

That's right, the Parallels Install Disk Image is the problem. The virtual machine image is fine.

I have Cocktail, but I'm not familiar with prebindings. I did a quick Google Search and found a terminal command:

sudo update_prebinding

Or do I just run all the scripts in Cocktail?

Bob

[dnanian]

You can update prebindings in Terminal, too, if you'd like (although you need to specify more than that -- namely

sudo update_prebinding -root / -force