Migration/serial/damaged discs nightmare.. fix?

OK,
Basically I got stung by the classic 'attempting to migrate logic/other software to a different computer' the computer in question being my macbook pro. I use Logic primarily on my iMac which I bought when my MBP died after being stolen and retrieved (I had originally been using Logic on this computer)
After finding a new logic board for my laptop and getting it semi back up and running I thought it would be very handy to have Logic on that as well, but migration caused both computers to prompt me for a serial on each open.
I then attempted to do complete uninstalls on both computers, only to find out my install now cannot be executed completely from my discs. I think at least one is damaged (Audio Content 3).
So I get error messages saying 'The software could not be installed' etc, however it IS installed and can be opened and used, with several lovely instruments missing albeit no noticeable loss of features besides this.
So I now have an annoyingly incomplete version of Logic Pro on both my systems, and I still have to enter my serial every time on both. It's doing my head in!
Ideas?

The sheer complexity of your situation (Mac-Mini failed, lots of older And newer Apps spread throughout, failed Migration, etc. ) plus especially your lost Photos and Music lead me to suggest that the problems are now bigger than the two of you as far as cleaning up and recovering at this point. I would recommend bringing in a proven professional to sort things out and return you to an efficent working system. (And for the resulting Marital accord...)
My two cents.
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