Please Help! I Need To Copy Some Files.

Hi, everyone.
I had a couple corrupt files on a TM backup so I copied the folders System, Library, and Applications from the most recent backup to another drive. I replace the corrupted files.
Now, I just need to copy the folders from the external disk to the internal (boot) drive.
I can't do this with Finder because OS X uses the folders and won't let me touch them.
So, the solution I've come up with is to boot from the OS X install DVD and use Terminal to copy the files.
(Let me know if there's a better way.)
I tried the following code, which I got off Wikipedia:
cp -R /volumes/drive/folder /
The result was a source disk that needed some cleaning up in Disk Utility and a destination Applications folder containing only the Apple applications.
During the operation, Terminal very rapidly cycled through error messages for apparently every non-Apple program. It said things like 'no such directory' and 'unable to copy extended attributes'.
So, I ask of you, smart people, a better command.
Where did I go wrong with this?
What should I do differently?
Is this even possible?
Thanks in advance!
I'm just trying to get my files back.

Thanks!
I thought that as well, until I saw the size of the folders I was copying.
But if that's how it works, I guess I'll work on fixing the corrupt backups.
The Finder seemed to do OK with copying the folders, but I guess they probably don't have everything.
Thanks again, you just saved me a lot of time!

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