Partial Backup in Time Machine - How to Get Files?

Hi everone:
So, while I was backing up my HD for the first time (I know, I know) the system froze, and now the original hard drive is kaput. The backup did, however, get about 2/3 of the way through, and I can see the "in process" time machine file, and even browse its contents. I can't, however, copy the contents onto my new hard drive. I get unexpected error -1426.
So, is there a way to get these files off the external drive and onto my new hard drive? I can even use the files in the partial backup, but I can't copy and paste them to the HD.
Any ideas?
Thanks

You may be out of luck.
First, do a +Repair Disk+ on the TM drive via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder).
Then try this: sign on as the user you're normally going to be using on your Mac. Via the Finder, select Get Info on, say, a file in the first level under your Home Folder on your TM drive (like Documents).
Assuming it shows you don't have access, click the padlock at the bottom, then enter your Administrator's password. Then at the lower left, click the plus sign.
That should bring up a screen for you to +Select a new User or Group.+ Select your user and click Select. That should give you Read rights to the folder, and a small box where you can change that to +Read and Write.+
Then click the "gear" icon and select +Apply to enclosed items.+
That should allow you to copy the folder to your hard drive. If it's a large folder, it may take some time, so be patient.
Repeat on whatever folders you want. For your Applications folder, however, just copy any 3rd-party apps, as you should already have a whole new set of Apple apps. If you'd installed any plug-ins, move the new app elsewhere and copy the one from TM. It may or may not work. For any of your 3rd-party apps, you'll probably have to re-enter license codes.
Whatever was being backed-up when your HD failed is likely a partial copy, so although you might be able to copy what's there, it's likely incomplete and may cause most any kind of failure, including a system crash.

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