Unable to Repair Permissions- What should I do?

Hi Guys
My goal is to replace my original internal hard drive on my Power Mac G4, but I have hit a glitch.
I have backed up OSX 10.3.9 on my new External Hard Drive, then made a folder on my external drive called "OSX Backup from G4", and copied all these files into this folder. Then I deleted the original copied back up, and have all this stuff in this "OSX Backup from G4" folder. (I am keeping all my backups from different operating systems in separate folders, i.e. OS 9.2 and OS 10.3.9 from my G4, and OSX 10.4.1 from my Mac Book Pro.)
Ok, then I backed up all the Macintosh HD-OS 9.2 into my new external drive. But when I tried to copy them into a folder called "Macintosh HD Backup from G4", I get this error message:
One or more items have special permissions and cannot be copied. Do you want to skip them?"
So every time this error cam up, I just kept hitting "continue". I am wondering if these files needing permission are necessary, because when I compared the original 0S 9.2 files to the files I copied inside the "Macintosh HD Backup from G4" folder, they seem to match up ok.
So, I tried to repair permissions just to be safe. I inserted the 9.2 install disk, pressed the "C" key to start from this disk, thinking I would see an option for repairing permissions in Disk First Aid, but there is no such option. Am I missing something?
Can I repair permissions for OS 9.2 from the OSX 10.0 Install Disk? (I am currently running 10.3.9).
What should I do? (This whole process seems to be taking forever!)
Thanks for your help.
Anneita

I am keeping all my backups from different operating systems in separate folders, i.e. OS 9.2 and OS 10.3.9 from my G4, and OSX 10.4.1 from my Mac Book Pro.
Hmmmm... I think this is where it gets messy. OSX wants files in special places (some hidden in normal use), with special permissions,and does not like to be dragged from place to place. This is why one uses a cloning tool. Usually when one wants to have multiple OSX versions on the same physical hard drive you have to partition the drive into a separate partition for each version of OSX. I think the only alternative would be to make a disk image and put items there (but they would not be bootable).
I don't know what's going on with OS9 unless it is getting caught up in the confusion generated by dragging system folders into places they don't want to be. In fact OS9's System Folder is pretty much to only one that will tolerate being dragged to another place, especially if you're only interested in using it as Classic. OS9 doesn't use permissions which is why you can't repair permissions on it. It also doesn't use invisible files unless a third party installer placed something there as invisible.

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