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Why can't I transfer my music files to my 2.0 GB Media flash drive?

Asked by Melinda

I keep getting this error message There was an error copying the file into /media/Cruzer/Documents/Musicrror opening file '/media/Cruzer/Documents/Music/01 - Only The Lonely.flac': Permission denied. I've tried moving them indivdaully but I still get a error message Error while copying "01 - Only The Lonely.flac"., There was an error copying the file into /media/Cruzer/Documents/Music. Error opening file '/media/Cruzer/Documents/Music/01 - Only The Lonely.flac': Permission denied. This is show much free space I have 1.6 GB. Thanks!

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#1

Don't know exactly what the problem is but you could try the following:

1) first backup all data from the flash drive on your hard disk
2) reformat the flash drive (use "gparted", install it if you don't have it yet, ext3 is a standard partition format)
3) bring back all media from your hard disk onto the newly formatted flash drive

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Melinda (melired15-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

I tried what you said, still got the same error Error opening file '/media/Cruzer/Documents/Music/01 - Only The Lonely.flac': Permission denied.

melinda@gPC3:~$ gparted
The program 'gparted' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gparted
-bash: gparted: command not found
melinda@gPC3:~$ sudo apt-get install gparted
[sudo] password for melinda:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  jfsutils ntfsprogs reiser4progs xfsprogs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gparted
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 348kB of archives.
After this operation, 2150kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main gparted 0.3.5-1ubuntu3 [348kB]
Fetched 348kB in 7s (46.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package gparted.
(Reading database ... 122860 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gparted (from .../gparted_0.3.5-1ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up gparted (0.3.5-1ubuntu3) ...

melinda@gPC3:~$

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#3

Hello, try to copy it using nautilus as root

press alt+F3, when smallbox appear, type

gksu nautilus

Try to copy it ...

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#4

Excuse me, I'm sorry, it's not alt+F3, but it is alt+F2 ...

Thank you

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Melinda (melired15-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Hi Abi! I just wanted to say Thanks for your help I was able to transfer my music files. Bye!