Existing users, 
I've read nothing but glowing reviews of CCC, and very much wanted to love it, too. My primary HD started getting hinky, and no disk utility seemed able to solve the problem. So.... I used CCC first to create a bootable disk image (took 6 hours), then used an external FW drive and backed everything on to that. Then, erased the startup drive, re-formatted it and re-partitioned.
Launched CCC, and the disk image "fails to mount due to....". OK, went to backup the backup from the external FW drive, and CCC tells me it cannot create a bootable disk due to missing critical files - or something.
So, I'm hanging out to dry. Should have known better than to try this on primary drive. Am reinstalling OS X from scratch, and praying - hoping against hope - I can get the needed data off of the FW drive once a working startup volume is mounted on there.
Carbon Copy Cloner
Comprehensive bootable backup solution.
Version: 3.3
wow... what on earth went wrong?
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: OxyParadox Monday, June 15 2009 @ 06:20 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Comments
wow... what on earth went wrong? - Mr.H
You said yourself that the disk you were trying to clone was damaged ("My primary HD started getting hinky"). Is it that surprising that the clone failed? You're meant to back up before you have problems, that's the point.Monday, August 31 2009 @ 01:48 PM PDT
wow... what on earth went wrong? - toxdoc
You mean you didn't try booting from the clone BEFORE wiping out your original hard drive? I'm sorry for your loss but it looks like you have nobody to blame but yourself.Saturday, September 12 2009 @ 11:48 PM PDT
wow... what on earth went wrong? - duckhue1
I tried to warn everyone, put just kept getting shot down. You should have used SuperDuper in Smart backup, with the backup all files. It gives you a true bootable clone. Next time read the negative comments. I never read the positive ones, because they might be not true.Thursday, September 24 2009 @ 05:11 PM PDT
wow... what on earth went wrong? - chevyorange--2008
SuperDuper is alright, but Carbon Copy Cloner does it for free and just as well.The point that should be made here is to backup your stuff BEFORE there is trouble. It is like trying to revive a dead person - just not gonna happen.
Sunday, November 01 2009 @ 10:02 AM PST
I'm sorry to hear... - Andreas..
...of your problem but you did go about things in a rather convoluted way. For a start there is no such thing as a "bootable disk image" and you should not have used an image at all. You should have made a direct clone to the FW drive which you could have immediately booted on and tested before erasing the source.If you need further help post in the Bombich forums. At the very least look at the Stickies there and make use of CCC Help.
Andreas (a moderator at the bombich forums)
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Tuesday, June 16 2009 @ 11:15 AM PDT