Trouble migrating files after using SuperDuper

Hello everybody,
I recently made a backup of my entire hard drive, using SuperDuper and selecting "back up all files." Two days later, my hard drive crashed. I just got the fixed computer back and would like to restore my computer to the way it was with all programs, bookmarks etc. The files that I copied all mirror the finder windows. When I try to copy some of the folders I get errors that say I dont have enough permission to copy some of the files. Putting all that aside, what is the best way to migrate these SuperDuper created files back onto my osx?

You need to either copy only your home folder back, renaming folders so that the folder you copied back has the name of the folder in Users with the house icon, or start up from the backup and use SuperDuper to copy the backup to the main drive. You cannot restore the backup by dragging all the backup items to your hard disk.
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