Problem Restoring a File

When I tried to restore a file, part of the folders would be restored fine, but then I got this message:
"The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access “Research”."
(Note: "Research" is the name of the file I was restoring).
What can I do to fix this?
Jan

Well, it's been a while, but maybe anyone can still use the solution to your problem:
The reason for the error message is that the Disk Utility needs to checksum scan the source in order to restore it on a medium like a USB stick. It can do that only if the source image is mounted read/write. Unfortunately, some images are read-only, and although there is an option to convert the images, a read-only image cannot be converted to a read/write image.
The solution is to make a new image, copy the contents of your original image there with "cp -a <source> <target>", and then you can use that new image to restore to the usb key.
Aaaand done...

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