How to convert read-only disk image to read/write disk image?

There was some problem with the Mavericks firmware and i keep getting the "white screen of death". I tried the method of backing up Macintosh HD to an external drive via Disk Utility. The problem is I saved it as a compressed file (read-only). I wasn't aware of the problem and went ahead and delete the original Macintosh HD files and set up everything fresh.
Then when i wanted to back up all my old files from Macintosh HD disk image back up that i created, i can't because the dmg is read-only. I tried to convert it to read/write with disk utility but it couldn't.
Is there another way to extract the videos and photos? That's all i need.

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