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Hi all iam having an ubuntu istallation on my laptop which happens to be not working, i need to back up my data as the ubuntu is not booting up. but when i tried to back up data by connecting the hard drive through hard disk enclosure on a different pc though live usb feature of ubuntu , there are some files of my personal data which cannot be accessed and says i do not have permissions to use, read or open. Can anyone please provide me a solution

user311555
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Use the command 

sudo cp -r /path/to/filestobackup /media/drive/pathtobackupfolder

That will gives you sudo rights, and should allow you to copy. If you are only copying your home are (/home/<USER>) then it should be fine.

Tim
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