Time Machine Data Transfer - From FireWire Drive to Time Capsule - HELP!

Time Machine Data Transfer - From FireWire Drive to Time Capsule - HELP!
I've been searching for weeks for a solution to my problem. Here's the story I've come across since I installed Leopard on Oct. 26, 2007.
I first installed Leopard on my Early 2006 MacBook and set up Time Machine with a 200GB external FireWire drive. Since then, things have been fine, until Time Machine started deleting the oldest backups. I'm a pack-rat and hated this feeling of losing data. So, I now have a few months worth of backups on my 200GB FireWire drive.
The Time Capsule is released, I finally talk myself into getting one and transferring my old data from the 200GB drive to my 1TB TC.
I did some researching through forums about how to move data from one Time Machine drive to another, so I took the concept and wanted to apply it to my Time Capsule. I made a DMG image of my 200GB drive, in order to move the data. I figured if I can make an image, copy it, and open it on the Time Capsule - all will go smoothly - just as some had mentioned they've done with external drives.
Now, I have a 164GB DMG image of my Time Machine, with no hope in sight of gaining it back. I've tried taking the image, using Disk Utility, and restoring my original 200GB external with the imaged Time Machine data, but whenever I do, I come across error messages.
In Disk Utility, I've done the following steps:
* Disk Image is found on Time Capsule
* I select the 200GB drive and select 'Restore'
* I drag and drop the Disk Image to the 'Image' field
* I drag and drop the 200GB drive into the the 'Restore' field
* Select 'Erase Destination'
* Select 'Restore'
* I get the warning message that I'll erase the drive - I proceed
* I enter my password
Error message pops up:
"Restore Failure: Could not find any scan information. The source image needs to be imagescanned/scanned for restore."
I select the image in Disk Utility, then proceed with the following steps:
* Click on "Image" then down to "Scan Image for Restore"
* I enter my password
After hours of waiting, I get another error message:
"Unable to scan. (Broken pipe)."
I'm going to see, after transferring the DMG to the Time Capsule, if I can drag-and-drop the files from the Time Capsule drive onto the 200GB hard drive.
IF anyone has any more suggestions, please let me know!

32 updates on this Mac since December 2007 - Hardware, software, OS...
They keep coming at about 6 or 7 a month. Some of them I don't care about, but several are essential. 10.5.3 has been seeded to the testers a couple of times and will probably show up in the next few weeks. Jaguar wasn't worth a d*mn until 10.2.6, Panther about 10.3.4, Tiger about 10.4.4 - I'd say we are ahead or on schedule Too bad I can't get Apple to fix Spaces. I wish they'd focus on what I want but I guess some take more time than others.
2007-12-18 00:32:39 -0800: Installed "GarageBand Update" (4.1.1)
2007-12-18 00:32:43 -0800: Installed "QuickTime Broadcaster" (1.5.2)
2007-12-18 00:33:07 -0800: Installed "Security Update 2007-009" (1.0)
2007-12-18 00:33:29 -0800: Installed "QuickTime" (7.3.1)
2007-12-19 09:32:03 -0800: Installed "MacBook MacBook Pro Software Update" (1.1)
2007-12-23 23:57:32 -0800: Installed "Security Update 2007-009" (1.1)
2008-01-16 09:18:07 -0800: Installed "iMovie Update" (7.1.1)
2008-01-16 09:18:14 -0800: Installed "Front Row Update" (2.1.2)
2008-01-16 09:18:45 -0800: Installed "iTunes" (7.6)
2008-01-16 09:19:31 -0800: Installed "QuickTime" (7.4)
2008-01-29 21:33:14 -0800: Installed "Keynote Update" (4.0.2)
2008-01-29 21:33:23 -0800: Installed "Pages Update" (3.0.2)
2008-01-29 21:33:31 -0800: Installed "Numbers Update" (1.0.2)
2008-02-02 01:18:43 -0800: Installed "iWeb Update" (2.0.3)
2008-02-05 20:12:17 -0800: Installed "iPhoto Update" (7.1.2)
2008-02-15 09:03:49 -0800: Installed "iLife Support" (8.2)
2008-02-15 09:04:17 -0800: Installed "QuickTime" (7.4.1)
2008-02-15 09:04:51 -0800: Installed "Leopard Graphics Update" (1.0)
2008-02-19 23:44:37 -0800: Installed "Keyboard Firmware Update" (1.0)
2008-02-25 19:24:33 -0800: Installed "iTunes" (7.6.1)
2008-03-03 17:14:18 -0800: Installed "GarageBand Update" (4.1.2)
2008-03-03 17:14:31 -0800: Installed "iPhoto Update" (7.1.3)
2008-03-12 18:11:36 -0700: Installed "AirPort Utility" (5.3.1)
2008-03-18 10:03:57 -0700: Installed "Safari" (3.1)
2008-03-20 13:00:58 -0700: Installed "Security Update 2008-002" (1.0)
2008-03-20 13:01:04 -0700: Installed "Time Machine and AirPort Updates" (1.0)
2008-03-21 22:49:16 -0700: Installed "Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update" (2.0)
2008-04-03 00:50:22 -0700: Installed "Front Row Update" (2.1.3)
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2008-04-03 00:51:58 -0700: Installed "iTunes" (7.6.2)
2008-04-08 17:16:02 -0700: Installed "Keynote Update" (4.0.3)
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