Restoring Files from Backup - Firewire Drive

Hello!
I recently performed a complete re-install of Tiger on my iMac G5, and it is working nicely now. I used SuperDuper to back up the my hard drive to an external firewire drive before doing the install.
Here is my issue: When I try to copy files from the firewire onto my internal hard drive, I get this message: "One or more items have special permissions and cannot be copied. Do you want to skip them?" For example, I received that message when I tried to copy SuperDuper from the firedrive into my internal drive.
I do not want to bring everything from the backup onto my machine since I believe it was software that might have caused my issues which led to reformatting to begin with.
Is there a way to bypass this error? A key combination, perhaps?
Thank you for your time!
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For apps, I would reinstall from the source. There may have been corruption over time. Most Mac OS X app files are not single files at all, but a package, which is like a folder. You can look inside by right (control) clicking on an app and select +Show Package Contents+. Some apps that use an installer program may also place support files at +Library/Application Support/+, both at the root level and user account level; you may not know about those files. Also, there may be a newer version available (for downloads) that you didn't even know about.
However, for the apps that were drag-and-drop installations, it should be OK to do the same from your backup, if you don't want give your apps a fresh start along with the OS reinstall on a blank volume.
FYI, there is a way to get a fresh Mac OS X system without reinstalling apps, or even restoring your user data. You use the +Archive and Install+ option in the Mac OS X Installer. This will retain user accounts and settings, as well as third-party apps, while installing a fresh system. You should still backup your data as a precaution (since something bad could happen), but your data should still be there when you restart into the fresh system. Your installed non-Apple apps should also be there, although you may need to reinstall or re-register some apps. The bundled Apple apps get reinstalled.
As for your immediate permissions issue, try copying it from the external drive into the Shared user folder at Users/Shared/. If that works, try moving it from there into your user account folder

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