Trying to archive or back up a file but can't due to "insufficient privileges."

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Walker Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: South Dakota, USA Status: Offline	Mar 14, 2007, 07:23 PM
	I'm trying to back up some of my data onto a hard drive. Whether I try to move the file itself or archive it first, I get an error "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient priveleges." I've repaired disk permissions with no luck. Is there a quick and easy way to fix this problem (which will also fix all the other files where I might not have "sufficient privileges")? thanks, lw